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USA: First submissions to National Action Plan consultation
In September 2014, President Obama announced that the US would develop "a National Action Plan to promote and incentivize responsible business conduct, including with respect to transparency and anticorruption, consistent with the U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises”.
The US Government invited stakeholder submissions on its National Action Plan. Below is a list of recommendations submitted during the first round of submissions ending on 15 Jan.
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
- ECPAT-USA
- International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF)
- AFL-CIO
- American Bar Association Center for Human Rights
- Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)
- Intl. Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR):
- Time for a NAP: Five Recommendations for the U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct
- ICAR Letter to President Obama on Launch of U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct
- International Indian Treaty Council (IITC)
- NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights
- Peace Brigades International
For submissions to further consultations, see here.
To follow civil society input on the US NAP process, visit ICAR's dedicated website.