I am writing to resign from my position on the UN Working Group on Human Rights and Business...I would like to use the opportunity to reflect on the UN's role and activities for advancing human rights in the context of business, and to offer a few suggestions...[A]longside accomplishments, unfinished work remains.

The issue of measurement must be addressed. If we are serious about implementing the Guiding Principles, we need to know where progress is taking place and which issues and actors are lagging behind...

Official country missions are a key component of the UN's mandate. It is time to extend these missions to companies...This process need not be an audit or a name-and-shame exercise, but rather an open and honest exchange in the UN Human Rights Council about the challenges and compromises businesses face and the steps they've taken to address them, informed by official company missions of the UN Working Group.

The UN must become more equipped to deal with business...This includes incorporating private-sector impacts into the Universal Periodic Review process, and for treaty bodies...to issue general comments that relate to the private sector's responsibilities for human rights...

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that I am currently the only woman in the UN Working Group...I would therefore like to reiterate the recommendation...that priority be given to improving the gender balance in the process of appointing new Working Group members...