Al-Haq attended the Open Consultation on the development of States’ (NAPs) Plans on Business and Human Rights, organised b ythe Working Group on Business and Human Rights...in order to draw attention to the need for States’ NAPs to address the activities of businesses operating in conflict zones. In particular, Al-Haq called for NAPs to include the responsibility of corporations to respect international conventions and international customary law or general principles of law...In addition, Al-Haq emphasised that States’ NAPs must recognise that the mere fact that companies comply with the national laws of the host-State is not sufficient in ensuring that the companies’ activities do not violate human rights standards...Al-Haq called for the NAPs to include references to the legal risks and consequences companies may face under the national law of the State in which they are domiciled if they cause, contribute to or benefit from violations of human rights and international law, wherever it is that they operate.