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Mongolia: Unclear responsibilities between government and business and weak enforcement threaten to leave human rights on the sidelines, says UN human rights expert group
The UN expert Working Group on Human Rights and Business today welcomed the inclusion of human rights in the new Government’s action plan. However, it called on the Government...to further clarify the respective roles and responsibilities of Government and business with regard to human rights. The Working Group also called on the Government to strengthen...enforcement...to ensure greater accountability and compliance by business...and access to effective remedies...Further, the Working Group called on companies...to ensure that they meet the corporate responsibility to respect human rights...Ms. Jungk called on companies, as well as...[the] Government, to ensure that those...impacted by business activities can participate in key decisions...and have access to information...[and for] community engagement [to] be made an essential component of all stabilization agreements...with international investors...