Guidebook and E-Learning for NHRIs

The Business and Human Rights Guidebook and E-learning provide guidance and resources for NHRIs on how to engage in business and human rights issues.

 

In November 2013, the International Coordinating Committee for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC) now called Global Alliance of NHRIs (GANHRI) and the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) published Business and Human Rights: A Guidebook for National Human Rights Institutions, which is available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.

The Guidebook is accompanied by an E-learning which provides an introduction to the field of business and human rights, including exploring the particular role of national human rights institutions. The E-learning can be accessed by learners independently, or be taken as part of a facilitated blended learning course that combines a four-week E-learning with a face-to-face training course. The E-learning is available in English, Spanish, Arabic and Russian and can be accessed via the relevant link on the right-hand side of this page.

The Business and Human Rights Guidebook and E-learning for National Human Rights Institutions provide guidance and resources for NHRIs on the business and human rights field, including examples of how NHRIs can use their Paris Principles mandate to engage on business and human rights issues.

The Guidebook and E-learning include the following components:

  • International human rights law frameworks relevant to business and human rights
  • National human rights institutions’ mandate on business and human rights
  • The three pillars of the UN Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights – the state duty to protect, the corporate responsibility to respect and access to remedy
  • NHRI good practice examples in the area of business and human rights.

The Guidebook also includes:

  • Selected business and human rights issues, including children’s rights, environment and water, conflict-affected areas and Indigenous Peoples
  • Regional chapters – currently a chapter on the African region has been published.