The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of natural resource exploitation projects 2015, para. 24c
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- [A notable shortcoming of the voluntary obligations for corporations is that they do not go far enough in ensuring that both States and businesses are held accountable for any failures to comply with them, nor do they encourage robust oversight by Governments of actions by businesses that may violate human rights. Several documents set out voluntary human rights obligations for companies in relation to human rights in general and the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in particular. These include:] The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, designed specifically for the extractive industries sector, to help companies maintain the safety and security of their operations while maintaining respect for human rights. The Voluntary Principles acknowledge the primary role of Governments for maintaining law and order and ensuring human rights. Furthermore, the Principles state that companies should use their influence (i) to ensure that individuals implicated in human rights abuses do not provide security services for companies; (ii) to limit the use of force to circumstances when it is strictly necessary and to an extent proportional to the threat; and (iii) to ensure that the human rights of individuals are not violated, including the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association;
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/25, para. 24c.
- Paragraph number
- 24c
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