Violations committed against defenders by non-State actors 2010, para. 26
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- In addition, companies should envisage incorporating a reference to the Declaration on human rights defenders into their corporate social responsibility and/or human rights policies. Transnational corporations should also systematically consider involving human rights defenders in their country assessment prior to undertaking any investment in a given State. Early and transparent discussions on the consequences of the activities of companies on the enjoyment of human rights in their areas of operation could prevent violations of the human rights of populations, communities and defenders. Such a participatory process would also contribute to an acknowledgment of the key role of defenders in the promotion of human rights, democracy and good governance. Transnational companies could also play a key role in influencing their national parent companies and overseas subsidiaries to adopt the same approach.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/223, para. 26.
- Paragraph number
- 26
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