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Article

26 Mar 2007

Author:
ActionAid

Tougher measures needed for corporations on UN rights abuses, says ActionAid

...The report on human rights and transnational corporations maps standards currently available to hold businesses to account...But [UN Special Representative for business & human rights John] Ruggie appears to be advocating a self-regulatory approach favouring voluntary initiatives...rather than tougher global legislation. ActionAid has documented a series of corporate abuse cases worldwide...all companies involved have either made voluntary pledges on human rights issues or committed to industry initiatives or codes of conduct. It is clear...that voluntary best-practice initiatives...have few enforcement mechanisms and are failing to include laggard companies, or capture a wide range of harmful business practices...“ActionAid urges Ruggie and the UN to develop new proposals – together with civil society groups – to set global human rights standards to hold companies to account and establish effective mechanisms to enforce them.” [refers to AngloGold Ashanti, Coca Cola, Tesco]