Overview
The project aims to strengthen the implementation of the "Access to Remedy" pillar of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).
Since its official launch in 2014, three substantive phases have been completed, with each phase focusing on one of the three different categories of grievance mechanisms referred to in that pillar:
- ARP I: Enhancing the effectiveness of judicial mechanisms
- ARP II: Enhancing the effectiveness of state-based non-judicial mechanisms
- ARP III: Enhancing the effectiveness of non-state-based grievance mechanisms
- APR IV: Enhancing the accessibility, dissemination and implementation of APR findings
The reports of each of these phases recommend practical steps for enhancing the effectiveness of the respective mechanism based upon good practice lessons observed during the ARP work. On the website of the project, you will find useful resources such as the following:
- A Practical Guide for State-Based Judicial Mechanisms
- A Practical Guide for State-Based Non-Judicial Mechanisms
- A Practical Guide for Non-State-Based Grievance Mechanisms
- Access to Remedy in Cases of Business-Related Human Rights Abuse: An Interpretive Guide
Publications produced by this project are accessible online.
Key information
- Start date
2014
- 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
Tools for risk assessment & reporting; International policy dialogue; Multi-stakeholder collaboration; Capacity building & training
- Type(s) of contributor
International organisation
- Contributor(s)
United Nations (UN)
- Implementing organisation(s)
Office of the High Comissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)