Environmental human rights defenders 2016, para. 105b
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[Business enterprises should:] Fulfil legal and ethical obligations, including rigorous human rights due diligence, and perform human rights impact assessments for every project, ensuring full participation by and consultation with affected communities and environmental human rights defenders;
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)
Environment
Person(s) affected
Activists
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/281, para. 105b.