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Human rights risk assessments help corporations to identify potential adverse effects of their business activities on human rights in order to avoid them, reduce them or compensate those affected. Corporations differ in their understanding of what constitutes…

Human rights risk assessments help corporations to identify potential adverse effects of their business activities on human rights in order to avoid them, reduce them or compensate those affected. Corporations differ in their understanding of what constitutes…

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP) were developed to close the gap between transnational economic activities and the regulation of state duties and corporate responsibilities in the protection of human rights. The UNGP confirm that…

Menschenrechtliche Risikoanalyse helfen Unternehmen dabei, die potenziell nachteiligen Menschenrechtsauswirkungen der eigenen Unternehmenstätigkeiten zu erkennen, um diese zu vermeiden, zu verringern oder Betroffene zu entschädigen. Unternehmen haben ein…

As the German energy sector has close ties with the Columbian mining sector, human rights issues in Colombia’s mining regions need to be seen in a transnational context. This translates into diverse options for action and shared responsibilities on both ends…

As the German energy sector has close ties with the Columbian mining sector, human rights issues in Colombia’s mining regions need to be seen in a transnational context. This translates into diverse options for action and shared responsibilities on both ends…

Über den engen Lieferkettenbezug zwischen dem deutschen Energiesektor und dem kolumbianischen Bergbau stehen die menschenrechtlichen Auswirkungen und Risiken des kolumbianischen Kohlebergbaus in einem transnationalen Kontext. Hierdurch entstehen diverse…

The German Institute for Human Rights presents its focus of activities in 2016. Read about the Institute’s positioning and priority-setting in respect to diverse human rights challenges. Get to know the individual departments and their thematic areas and learn…

This study was commissioned by the German Federal ministry for Economic Cooperation and development in order to help identify whether there are differences and potential issues in the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of tenure of Land,…

In October 2015, the German Institute for Human Rights and the Colombian Defensoría del Pueblo, agreed to establish a cooperation framework within the area of business and human rights. In particular, the cooperation focused on the coal sector in Cesar and La…