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12 Feb 2014

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Drafting Group on Human Rights and Business, Council of Europe Steering Committee for Human Rights

[PDF] Council of Europe Steering Committee for Human Rights - Drafting Group on Human Rights and Business - Meeting report [12-14 Feb 2014]

The CDDH Drafting Group on Human Rights and Business (CDDH - CORP) held its second meeting in Strasbourg from 12 to 14 February 2014 with Mr René LEFEBER (Netherl ands) in the Chair...Professor Michael K. Addo, senior lecturer at Exeter University (United Kingdom) and member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, addressed in his keynote speech recent developments in the area of human rights and business...[The group discussed the] [e]laboration of one or more non-binding instruments...The Chair summed up the discussion identifying three broad areas of main interest for the G roup: a first area, including the questions of exi sting obligations and engagements of member states and of obstacles to access to justice and remedies for victims, which may lead to the elaboration of a recommendation; a second area encompassing policies and measures of states with respect to companies and the question of due diligence, which may lead to the elaboration of a guide of good practices; and a third area around the issue of national action plans, which may lead to the elaboration of recommendations as well as guidelines, possibly supported b y examples of good practices...

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