At the beginning of 2013, the Italian OECD National Contact Point...selected the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna to conduct a research project with a dual purpose: on the one hand, examine the adequacy of the Italian regulatory and institutional framework in comparison to the Guiding Principles...on the other hand, provide clear guidance to those companies willing to meet the new international standards within the existing normative framework. The Report “Business and Human Rights: The Italian Case” is the end-product of this research. The launch of the Report...aims at stimulating an informed debate on the role of the Italian State in promoting full respect for human rights by both Italian companies (wherever they operate) and foreign companies with operations in Italy