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Business and human rights (BHR) is a thematic nexus that looks into corporate responsibility to respect human rights and state duty to protect human rights from corporate harm. This Toolkit supports EU Delegations to operationalise EU Commitments to responsible businesss conduct and business respect for human rights in development cooperation activities.
What can it be used for?
The overall logic of the toolkit is to show the complementary and the interlinked roles of three key actors: business, civil society and the state in achieving BHR standards. It provides a good introduction to BHR issues and their relevance to the work of Delegations and valuable guidance on initiating work through the various aid modalities.
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The Toolkit provides cases studies of interventions that can be supported to advance the BHR agenda at country-level. Its added-value will be at identification and formulation phase of the project lifecycle.
Who can use it?
BHR is a cross-cutting issue. This means involving all relevant sections within the Delegation can help the EU maximise the effectiveness of development cooperation on the topic.
What are its strengths?
The Toolkit is an easy-to-read and accessible document. It covers a difficult topic in 30 pages and provide example of interventions that can be replicated by any EU Delegation that wish to work on the topic. The practical part has dedicated sections per type of aid modalities which can be read separately.
What are its limitations?
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The European Commission, 2021. Tools and Methods Series, Reference Document N° 28, Toolkit on Business and Human Rights
Complementary guides, methodologies and tools
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre website: www.business-humanrights.org
Corporate Human Rights Benchmark: https://www.corporatebenchmark.org/
UN GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS
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For UNGP full text, and more guidance and tools see : https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/un-guiding-principles
OHCHR https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-and-mechanisms/human-rights-indicators
NATIONAL ACTION PLANS ON BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS
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