Business and human rights for national human rights institutions
The business and human rights guidebook 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 is published by the Global Alliance of NHRIs (GANHRI) and the Danish Institute for Human Rights in 2013 and is available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.
The digital course, "Introduction to business and human rights", go over the role that national human rights institutions (NHRIs) can play in engaging in business and human rights. The target group is primarily staff at NHRIs, but also other human rights professionals.
In the guidebook and in the course you can learn more about:
- 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.
- 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.
