• GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework

    • Type: International Law
    • Released Date 30-Dec-2011

    Social awareness of the practices of business enterprises began in the 1970s and increased in the 1990s with the worldwide expansion of the private sector. There was increasing attention to the human rights impact of businesses. People began to question whether businesses were being held accountable for their conduct. This included businesses that were owned, operated or controlled, in whole or in part, by the State...