GENEVA (22 July 2022) – The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights was scheduled to undertake its first country visit to Luxembourg from 18 to 28 July to assess efforts to identify, prevent and...

The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (“the Working Group”) decided to devote the next annual thematic report to the 77th session of the General Assembly to the examination of links between corporate political engagement practices and responsible business conduct.

Summary The Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises conducted a visit to Italy from 27 September to 6 October 2021. The Working Group...

Summary The road to sustainable development, just green transition and responsible recovery goes through respect for people and the planet. As the authoritative global framework for preventing and...

Summary The report analyses the implications of implementing the four pillars of transitional justice (truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence), and of transitional justice...

GENEVA (30 May 2022) – A group of UN human rights experts* have welcomed the adoption of the Durban Call to Action on the Elimination of Child Labor on 20 May 2022 by representatives of governments...

GENEVA (20 May 2022) – A group of UN human rights experts* has urged States to ensure that ongoing multilateral negotiations on a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and recovery is...

Excellencies, Colleagues, Thank you for the opportunity to participate. I am pleased to be able to present to you the recommendations of my Office’s report on how to achieve more sustainable value...

The present report is submitted pursuant to resolution 47/23 of the Human Rights Council, in which the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to prepare a report on the practical application of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to the activities of technology companies, and to present it to the Council at its fiftieth session. The report has been informed by deliberations from a two - day expert consultation, also mandated by resolution 47/23, as well as by submissions received from States and other stakeholders, and other relevant processes and initiatives, in particular the OHCHR B - Tech Project.

Summary In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to its resolutions 17/4, 26/22, 35/7 and 44/15, the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational...