Business and human rights - Implementing the Guiding Principles one year on
26 July 2012
At its session in June 2011 the United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously adopted Guiding Principles for the implementation of the ‘Protect, Respect, Remedy’ framework on business and human rights proposed by UN Special Representative John Ruggie.
One year later, across the three pillars of the framework, the conference:
- took stock of developments since the Guiding Principles were adopted, in particular identifying examples of good practice;
- examined what are the main challenges in implementing the Guiding Principles;
- identified what are the major priorities for all stake-holders in advancing effective implementation.
