HUMAN RIGHTS NAVIGATOR
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1. Introduction
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2. Overview of the Emerging Regulatory Landscape
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3. Human Rights Frameworks & Standards
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4. Demystifying Human Rights Due Diligence
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5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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6. Business and Human Rights
3. Human Rights Frameworks & Standards
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs)
- Informed by international human rights standards such as:
OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
- OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct
- OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from
Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas.
ILO Core Conventions on Labour Standards (8 core conventions), e.g.:
- ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998)
- Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) (and its 2014 Protocol)
- Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)
HRDD Legislation (in force & anticipated)
- National level mandatory human rights due diligence laws (I.e., German Supply Chain Act, Norway, Netherland etc.)
- Ordinance on Due Diligence and Transparency in relation to Minerals and Metals from Conflict-Affected Areas and Child Labour
- EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
- Draft EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (EU CSDDD)
- EU Conflict Minerals Regulation
- EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act (forthcoming)
Voluntary Frameworks
- Voluntary Principles on Security & Human Rights (VPSHR)
- Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA)
- Earthworks’ No Dirty Gold
- RJC Code of Practices
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