Violations committed against defenders by non-State actors 2010, para. 25
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- The Special Representative also stated that discharging the responsibility to respect human rights required due diligence. This concept, which is derived from, but should be distinguished from, a State's due diligence responsibility, should be understood to mean that companies must ensure that their activities do not infringe upon the rights of others, including human rights defenders. This implies that companies should identify and prevent human rights violations against defenders that may result from their activities and operations. The Special Rapporteur would like to call upon companies to engage with human rights defenders while implementing the four components of the human rights due diligence standard, as elaborated by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on business and human rights.
- 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)
- Equality & Inclusion
- 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. 25.
- Paragraph number
- 25
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