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UN forum told that halting business involvement in human rights abuse may require stepped-up laws
Addressing the largest global forum to date on the impact of global business on human rights, [UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay] today called on delegates to focus on a potential need for heightened legal standards when it comes to deterring “business involvement in gross human rights abuse.”...Delegates are considering ways to encourage the implementation of a set of globally accepted ideas enshrined in the UN-backed ‘Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights’...[Former UN Special Representative on Business & Human Rights and chair of the Forum, John] Ruggie called for “greater legal clarity” for victims and companies alike, adding that “only an inter-governmental process can provide that clarity.”