...This handbook aims to provide human rights defenders (HRDs) with an overview of the existing legal and policy framework and emerging global norms adopted by both governments and businesses to protect human rights in the context of business operations. It also seeks to give defenders tools for strategic engagement with stakeholders, at each stage of project development and in a range of sectors...HRDs should design their engagement strategies in line with their needs and their local knowledge of the business, political and social context. At all times during business engagement, defenders should be sensitive to security risks and make efforts to mitigate danger to themselves, their families, and the organisations and communities with whom they work...