This manual provides practical insights on how national human rights institutions (NHRIs) can contribute to the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of environmental permitting and management.
The Danish Institute for Human Rights welcomes the publication of the first draft set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
The Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) has given feedback in response to the call for evidence for an initiative without an impact assessment for the initiative “Effectively Banning Products Produced, Extracted or Harvested with Forced Labour” (the Initiative).
The Danish Institute for Human Rights publishes its annual report to the Danish Parliament on the development of human rights in Denmark. The report provides an overview of progress and setbacks for human rights in the past year.
This briefing analyses the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (the proposal), which requires large companies to identify and address their negative human rights and environmental impacts in line with key international frameworks including the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and associated due diligence guidance.
A discussion paper by the Danish Institute for Human Rights explain why development finance institutions should take a critical look at the coherence of their sustainable development and human rights strategies
A new briefing by the Danish Institute for Human Rights considers civil liability for harms linked to business activities and due diligence failures – a key consideration in the design of mandatory corporate human rights due diligence laws.
Main take aways from an expert meeting gathering over twenty experts and practitioners from the Nordic region as well as the Global South. The meeting focused on human rights due diligence and access to remedy, impacts on indigenous peoples’, women’s rights and the role of the financial sector.
Overview of the corporate responsibility to protect human rights at the infrastructural level. This outcome report is a joint publication by the NGO, ARTICLE 19 and the Danish Institute for Human Rights.
This output paper captures main take aways from a March 25th 2021 event on the state of play around mandatory human rights due diligence in the Nordics.
On the 10th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the Danish Institute for Human Rights has developed a snapshot of progress in four of the Nordic countries, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Sweden, in establishing a ‘smart mix’ of measures to foster business in their jurisdictions to respect human rights within their global value chains.
The Danish Institute for Human Rights made a submission to the public consultation opened by the European Commission to collect the views of stakeholders on its proposed Sustainable Corporate Governance Initiative.
This guidance document provides information on the tech sector for those involved in developing a National Action Plan on business and human rights (NAP)