September 23, 2012

The UN Guiding Principles [WP1172]

• Human rights, good governance and faith

As a result of work carried out over the past 3 years, the UN Human Rights Council passed the 3 Guiding Principles of protect, respect and remedy. Will this address how business addresses issues of human rights across the world?

Contributors are:

Dan Baer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, US Department of State, Washington DC

Alex Guáqueta, Lecturer, School of International Studies, Flinders University, Social Science South, Bedford Park

Rajiv Enoch Williams, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Jindal Stainless Limited, New Delhi