News flashNew document on the website : "Human Rights Impact Assessments: A tool towards better business accountability" published by CSR Europe [09/07/2010]
The European Commission has been actively supporting Professor Ruggie’s work as part of its overall commitment to promote responsible business practice. In this context, it is currently assessing the existing legal framework at EU and member state level to identify potential areas of improvement.
The present paper is meant as a contribution to these efforts, by showing what can and is already being done to increase human rights accountability from the business perspective. It provides a concise overview over the state of affairs of HRIA methodologies. Outlining strengths and weaknesses of the approach, it will analyze which contribution HRIA can make to the business and human rights agenda, and how its development might be taken further. Thus it is aimed at making a useful contribution especially to the operationalization of the second pillar in Professor Ruggie’s framework.
This document was published in 2010 by CSR Europe.
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The present paper is meant as a contribution to these efforts, by showing what can and is already being done to increase human rights accountability from the business perspective. It provides a concise overview over the state of affairs of HRIA methodologies. Outlining strengths and weaknesses of the approach, it will analyze which contribution HRIA can make to the business and human rights agenda, and how its development might be taken further. Thus it is aimed at making a useful contribution especially to the operationalization of the second pillar in Professor Ruggie’s framework.
This document was published in 2010 by CSR Europe.
Download this document
