The following compilation of resources aims to provide guidance for lawyers on corporate legal accountability issues, including the practical application of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

• Key tools for lawyers advising affected communities
• Key tools for lawyers advising companies

Communities

Resources for pre-litigation

• Transnational Legal Activism in Global Value Chains - The Ali Enterprises Factory Fire and the Struggle for Justice, Miriam Saage-MaaßPeer ZumbansenMichael BaderPalvasha Shahab, Jul 2021
• Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses a Guide for Victims and NGOs on Recourse Mechanisms, Jun 2021 - International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
• The Accountability Resource Guide, April 2012 - Accountability Counsel
• Injustice incorporated: Corporate Abuses and the Human Right to Remedy, March 2014 - Amnesty International
• Holding UK companies to account in the English courts for harming people in other countries, Aug 2016 - CORE Coalition & London Mining Network
• Human rights in European Business. A practical handbook for civil society organisations and human rights defenders - Human Rights in Business
• The Third Pillar: Access to Judicial Remedies for Human Rights Violations by Transitional Business, Dec 2013 International - Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), CORE Coalition & European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ)
• Opportunities for Justice - Canadian Centre for International Justice
• Legal tools for citizen empowerment - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
• How to pay for legal empowerment: alternative structures and sources - Open Society Justice Initiative
• Practice Guide for Environmental Justice Paralegals, 2017 - Centre for Policy Research & Namati Environmental Justice Program
• Handbook on Legal and Administrative Remedies for Community Level Environment Justice Practitioners in India, 2016-2017 - Centre for Policy Research-Namati Environmental Justice
• Midcourse Manoeuvres: Community Strategies and Remedies for Natural Resource Conflicts in India, Indonesia and Myanmar, 2018 - Centre for Policy Research (CPR) & Namati Environmental Justice Program
• Business and Human Rights: A handbook for legal practitioners, Claire Methven O’Brien, Danish Institute for Human Rights, for the Council of Europe, May 2019
• Tool on Children's Right to Health and Business: Unpacking the Human Rights Due Diligence Standard, Ana Dangova Hug, Inter Parties, May 2020

Resources during litigation

• Justice Defenders Programme with option to request assistance/refer cases - American Bar Association's Center for Human Rights (ABA)
• UK: Training materials on litigation & access to information in cases of corporate abuse, Jul 2015 - CORE Coalition & Leigh Day
• Foreign Legal Assistance Guide: A guide for using US courts to obtain information for foreign legal cases - EarthRights International & Corporate Accountability (updated, April 2020)
• Human rights in European Business. A practical handbook for civil society organisations and human rights defenders. Sep 2016 - Human Rights in Business

Companies

Global (International tools)

ADVOCATES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (A4ID)

• The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: A guide for the legal profession

CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION

• Business and Human Rights Guide

COUNCIL OF EUROPE

• Business and Human Rights: A handbook for legal practitioners, May 2019

EUROPEAN BARS FEDERATION

• Guidance in Business and Human Rights for European Law Societies, Jan 2018

INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION (IBA)

• Updated IBA Guidance Note on Business and Human Rights: The role of lawyers in the changing landscape, December 2023
• Handbook for lawyers on business and human rights, Jul 2017
• Reference Annex to the IBA Practical Guide on Business and Human Rights for Business Lawyers, Nov 2016
• IBA Practical Guide on Business and Human Rights for Business Lawyers, Jun 2016
• Business and Human Rights Guidance for Bar Associations, Oct 2014

LAW FIRM BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS PEER LEARNING PROCESS

• Law Firm Business and Human Rights Peer Learning Process: Emerging Practice, Insights and Reflections. Workshop Report, Nov 2016

SHIFT PROJECT

• What Do Human Rights Have to Do With Mergers and Acquisitions?, Anna Triponel, Jan 2016
• Six Reasons Why Lawyers Should Practice Law with Respect for Human Rights, John F. Sherman, Nov 2013
• Professional Responsibility of Lawyers under the Guiding Principles, John F. Sherman, Apr 2012

SIMMONS & SIMMONS LLP

• Rule of law and land rights, Olga Hancock & Richard Dyton, Feb 2016
• [Video] The Risk of Ruggie: Corporate and Compliance, Chris Owen, Victoria Channing & Charles Mayo, Nov 2015

UN GLOBAL COMPACT & LINKLATERS

• Guide to General Counsel (G4GC) on Corporate Sustainability, Jun 2015

Global Business Initiative & Clifford Chance

• Navigating the changing business and human rights legal landscape, May 2020  

Australia

LAW COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA

• Business and Human Rights and the Australian Legal Profession, Jan 2016
• Business and Human Rights: Some Questions and Answers for Business Lawyers, Jan 2016

Norway

NORWEGIAN BAR ASSOCIATION

• Business and Human Rights for Lawyers, Feb 2018

Spain

FERNANDO POMBO FOUNDATION

• The Role of the Lawyer in Implementing the Ruggie Principles: 8 Good Practices For Corporate Lawyers, Mar 2019 (Available in Spanish: El papel del abogado en la implantación de los principios Ruggie: 8 buenas prácticas para abogados de negocio), Jul 2016 
• The role of business lawyers in human rights compliance, May 2014

United Kingdom

LAW SOCIETY OF ENGLAND AND WALES

• Business and Human Rights: A Practical Guide
• Business and Human Rights Programme

United States of America

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION'S CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (ABA)

• Access to Remedy Institute
• Anti-trafficking Programme
• Resolution 109, Feb 2012
• Business, Human Rights, and Sustainability Sourcebook, 2015