Resources
Find important links to resources related to business and human rights.
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, 2023 (Canada)
The EU “Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, 2024
OECD, Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, 2011 Ed (Paris: OECD Publishing, May 2011).
OECD, Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises (Paris: OECD, 2015).
OECD, Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct (Paris: OECD Publishing, 2018).
ISO, Guidance on Social Responsibility (2014)
OHCHR, State National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights
UN Human Rights Council, 26/9 Elaboration of an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, Human Rights Council Twenty-sixth session, UN Doc A/HRC/RES/26/9 (14 July 2014).
UN Guiding Principles
The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) is an authoritative normative global framework that guides responsible business conduct and addresses human rights abuses in business operations and global supply chains. The UNGPS contains three mutually reinforcing pillars. Pillar I focuses on states’ responsibility to protect human rights), Pillar II prescribes corporate responsibility to respect human rights, and Pillar III enunciates access to effective remedy principles for victims of corporate abuse.
One of our goals at the Canadian Forum on Business and Human Rights is to critically interrogate how the UNGPs is being implemented in Canada and abroad.
