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31 Oct 2016

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Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights

Scotland publishes natl. baseline assessment on business & human rights

"Business and human rights," Oct 2016

In 2011 the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). The Principles are based on a framework of state responsibility to protect human rights; business responsibility to respect human rights; and the requirement for remedy for human rights abuses. Several countries, including the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands, have published implementation plans to give effect to the UNGPs, and Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights contains a commitment to develop one.

In order to establish a robust evidence base to underpin an action plan for Scotland, the SNAP Better World Action Group commissioned a national baseline assessment using a tool designed by the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable. The baseline assessment comprised desk-based research, consultation with businesses and civil society organisations, and engagement with experts in the field of business and human rights.