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28 Jun 2013

Author:
Luke Wilde, twentyfifty

How are the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights being put into action? [3 Jul]

When people are living in poverty, the conditions they have to endure can represent violations of their human rights…Equally…there has been growing recognition of the importance of securing rights to the alleviation of poverty…In parallel a dialogue about the business impacts, both positive and negative, on human rights has been developing...[T]he Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights…[provide]…guidance to both governments and businesses on how to operationalise this framework…[T]his [eDiscussion] looks at how the Guiding Principles are being promoted, how companies are beginning to integrate them into single company and collective action, and how the principles support multi-stakeholder action to relieve poverty…[P]ost your own questions and on Wednesday 3rd July at 10.30 EST / 15.30 BST our panel of experts will take them up in live eDiscussion - please join them then [also refers to Kuoni, twentyfifty, Unilever]