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LEGAL CHALLENGES

Businesses and governments have distinct yet complementary roles in upholding human rights. States are required to protect human rights within their jurisdiction by preventing, investigating, and addressing abuses through effective policies, regulations, and legal measures.

LEGAL CHALLENGES

Operational principles

General principles

Carlos Hernandez Torres 201320571

Legal challenges and Sustainable Business

Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

PRINCIPLE 2.0: THE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS

Processes to enable the remediation of any adverse human rights impacts they cause or to which they contribute.
issues of context
Treat the risk of causing or contributing to Gross human rights abuses.
Seek ways to honor the principles when faced conflicting requirements

Prioritize actions to address potential Human rights impacts before they could become irremediable.

Comply with laws and respect international HR
All enterprises regardless of their Size, sector, operational context,have to respect human rights. ownership and structure.
To respect human rights refers to internationally recognized human rights : this includes to avoid ANY causing or contributing to adverse human rights impacts through their OWN ACTIVITIES.
Avoid Infringing on the human rights of others and third parties.
COMPANIES MUST

PRINCIPLE 1: THE STATE DUTY TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS

Ensuring policy coherence
Should ensure that governmental departments, agencies and other State based institutions that shape business practices are aware of and observe the State’s human rights obligations when fulfilling their respective mandates
Encourage, and where appropriate require, business enterprises to communicate how they address their human rights impacts
Promote respect for human rights by business enterprises with which they conduct commercial transactions.
HUMAN RIGHTS IN CONFLICT AREAS
PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO ASESS LEGISLATIONS AND REGULATIONS TO ENFORCE MEASURE HR RISK.
DUE TO PROTECT STATE SHOULD
Provide and encourage an effective guidance to enterprise on how to respect HR and address impacts.
ENFORCE AND ENSURE THE DUTIES THAT AIMED TO ENTERPRISE TO RESPECT HR.
OBLIGATIONS TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS

PRINCIPLE 2.1: THE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS

Remediation
IF Business identify that they have caused or contributed to adverse impacts, they should provide for or cooperate in their remediation through legitimate processes.
HUMAN RIGHTS DUE DILIGENCE
Effective integration requires that:

Responsibility for addressing such impacts is assigned to the appropriate level and function within the business

TO ADRESSES HR IMPACTS

Provide information that is sufficient to evaluate the adequacy of an enterprise’s response to the particular human rights impact involved

Be based on appropriate qualitative and quantitative indicators

The business if causes or contributes to an adverse impact, or whether it is involved solely because the impact is directly linked to its operations

Involve meaningful consultation with potentially affected groups and other relevant stakeholders

PREVENT, MITIGATE AND COMPENSATE

Recognizing that the human rights risks may change over time as the business enterprise’s operations and operating context evolve

IDENTIFY HR RISK INTEGRATE, INTERNATIONAL LAW STANDARDS.

TRACK RESPONSE COMMUNICATE (INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY )

OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES
is approved by the senior level of business enterprise, informed by expertise stipulates HR expectations of personnel partners and operations, finally is reflected in procedures

Is reflected in operational policies and procedures necessary to embed it throughout the business enterprise.

Is publicly available and communicated internally and externally. to all personnel,

Stipulates the enterprise’s human rights expectations of personnel, business partners and other parties directly linked to its operations

Is informed by relevant internal and/or external expertise.

Basis for embedding their responsibility to respect human rights, business enterprises should express their commitment to meet this responsibility through a statement of policy

ADDITIONALLY THE COMPANY MUST have in place policies and processes appropriate to their size and circumstances

THE ROLL OF COMPANIES and requirements to comply with all applicable laws and to respect human rights

The need for rights and obligations to be matched to appropriate and effective remedies when breached.

States’ existing obligations to respect, protect and fulfil human rights and fundamental freedoms

PRINCIPLE 3: ACCESS TO REMEDY

OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLE
Companies should consider ways to facilitate access to effective non State based grievance mechanisms dealing with business-related human rights harms

Company Business should participate in effective operational level grievance mechanisms for individuals and communities who may be adversely impacted

Companies should provide effective and appropriate non-judicial grievance mechanisms, alongside judicial mechanisms,
Effectiveness criteria for non judicial grievance mechanism.
Collaborative initiatives should ensure the availability of effective mechanism.
the mechanism prevent harms from compounding and grievances from escalating.
Support directly impacted by analyzing practices
states should take aproppiate steps to ensure rthe effectiveness of domestic judicial mecanism.
reduce legal practical and other relevant barriers

those barriers could lead to a denial access to remedy

Access to the effective Remedy
As a part of state duty to protect against business related human rights abuse the must take appropriate steps to ensure.
REMDIATION
Enterprise identify their adverse impacts and should cooperate in remediation through legitimate process.