The UN Working Group was established by the UN Human Rights Council in June 2011, following its endorsement of the UN Guiding Principles. This page provides information on the Working Group's activities.
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Business & human rights at the UN level
The following portals contain information about related elements of UN-level work on business & human rights:
UN Special Representative (mandate: 2005-2011)
📄 Latest news on UNWG
📄 About the Working Group
📄 Reports & statements by UN Working Group
📄 Country visits
📄 Submissions & interventions to UN Working Group
📄 Commentaries on the UN Working Group & its work
📄 Events (including UN Forum)
📄 Groupe de travail des Nations Unies au sujet des entreprises et des droits de l'homme [Français]
📄 Grupo de Trabajo de la ONU sobre las empresas y los derechos humanos [Español]
📄 البوابة الإلكترونية لفريق الأمم المتحدة العامل المعني بالأعمال التجارية وحقوق الإنسان [العربية]
📄 Grupo de Trabalho das Nações Unidas sobre empresas e direitos humanos [Português]
📄 Рабочая группа по вопросу о правах человека и транснациональных корпорациях и других предприятиях [Русский]
UNWG consultation on the role of NHRIs in facilitating access to remedy
UN Working Group issues guidance on gender, business & human rights
2019 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights
UN Working Group guidance on human rights due diligence
Governments and businesses must place human rights at heart of development agenda
Updated procedure for submitting complaints to UN Working Group
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