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Article

21 Jul 2006

Author:
"This paper was prepared for the U.N. Special Representative to the Secretary-General on business and human rights, Professor John Ruggie. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Special Representative, but has been written to invite input."

[PDF] Security of People and Assets - Discussion paper

For companies with capital-intensive activities or a major concentration of staff in areas of weak governance or conflict, physical security of staff, assets and the surrounding community can be the most visible and challenging aspect of the relationship between business and human rights. Business activity can be of strategic importance to governments and insurgent groups and therefore become focal points of conflict, which companies, in turn, can exacerbate, be victims of, and help alleviate. [refers to Anglo American, Barrick Gold, BP, Freeport- McMoRan]