Overview
This guide provides an overview of the access to remedy pillar of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), explains the key principles and concepts that underpin it, and addresses some common misconceptions. It aims to equip all actors, whether specialist or non-specialist, with the knowledge and insights needed for more productive engagement and advocacy in relation to access to remedy for business and human rights harms in a wide range of contexts.
It is hoped that, by highlighting the different ways in which diverse actors may contribute to access to remedy, this guide will encourage further policy innovation, for example by fostering a greater understanding of the value of coordinated action between different types of actors and mechanisms and of the conditions under which this can take place.
It is complemented by a set of compilations of guidance from the Accountability and Remedy Project, which provide recommended actions for enhancing the effectiveness of the different types of remedial mechanisms relevant to resolving cases relating to business and human rights.
This publication is accessible online.
Key information
- Start date
2024
- End date
Ongoing
- Target group(s)
Civil society organisations; Trade unions; Government institutions; National human rights institutions (NHRI); Companies; Smallholders and cooperatives; Business associations; Workers; Local communities; Multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSI); Industry initiatives; Others
- Sector(s)
Agriculture, fishing, forestry; Garment and textile; Energy and extractives; Industry and manufacturing; Trade and services; Information and communications technologies; Financial sector; Transportation; Other
- Type of initiative
Global
- Type(s) of support
Information & guidance on due diligence
- Type(s) of contributor
International organisation
- Contributor(s)
United Nations (UN)
- Implementing organisation(s)
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)