OHCHR / BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
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The Human rights Council (HRC) convened a panel to mark the 10th anniversary of UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ( UNGP ). The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights have set out an authoritative, pragmatic and effective framework for realising positive contributions through preventing and mitigating risk to people. UNTV CH
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STORY: OHCHR / BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
TRT: 2:31
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 29 AND 22 JUNE 2021 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST:
29 AND 22 JUNE 2021 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, exterior, Palais des Nations, alley of flags Geneva
2. Wide shot, room 18 Human Rights Council
3. Med shot, podium HRC Vice -President Nazhat Shameem Khan Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations Office
4. Various shots, room 18
5. Various shots, video statement to the panel by John Ruggie, Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs, Havard University. (former UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Business and Human Rights)
22 JUNE 2021, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
6. SOUNDBITE (English) John Ruggie, Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs,Havard University:
“One of the core concepts in the guiding principles is that companies, corporations have a responsibility to respect human rights. Now, no company that I know of has ever said we don't respect human rights. My question was, how do you know that you respect human rights? And can you show that you do? Do you have systems in place that would allow you to back that claim? And the answer was, well, no, not really. And so we developed something that we called human rights due diligence, whereby companies can assess the impact that they have in their supply chains with regard to workers and so on and so forth, and modify their their behavior accordingly. And what has happened in the last five years or so is that many governments have turned to this idea of human rights due diligence and turned it into national law or in the case of the European Union, into regional law. So this is, I think, probably substantially the most important consequence in actual legal terms of the guiding principles.”
7. Wide shot, video statement Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
29 JUNE 2021 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights have set out an authoritative, pragmatic and effective framework for realising positive contributions through preventing and mitigating risk to people.”
9. Wide shot, video statement Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“Ten years on, the challenges and contexts in which the Guiding Principles must be applied are constantly evolving. That is particularly the case in the tech sector and with respect to climate change.”
11. Wide shot, participants
STORYLINE:
The Human rights Council (HRC) convened a panel today (29 Jun) in Geneva to mark the 10th anniversary of UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ( UNGP ).
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights have set out an authoritative, pragmatic and effective framework for realising positive contributions through preventing and mitigating risk to people.
The UNGPs provide the globally agreed standard and baseline for what governments and businesses need to do to embed respect for human rights in a business context. This clarity and common platform for action did not exist before 2011. Their unanimous endorsement by the HRC (resolution 17/4) was therefore a landmark moment for business respect for human rights but also for better business.
Professor John Ruggie, considered the father of these guiding principles, was in 2005 appointed as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Business and Human Rights. He was tasked with proposing measures to strengthen the human rights performance of the global business sector.
SOUNDBITE (English) John Ruggie, Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs, Havard University:
“One of the core concepts in the guiding principles is that companies, corporations have a responsibility to respect human rights. Now, no company that I know of has ever said we don't respect human rights. My question was, how do you know that you respect human rights? And can you show that you do? Do you have systems in place that would allow you to back that claim? And the answer was, well, no, not really. And so we developed something that we called human rights due diligence, whereby companies can assess the impact that they have in their supply chains with regard to workers and so on and so forth, and modify their their behavior accordingly.”
Over the last decade, they have seen significant uptake in public and private sector policy frameworks. In Europe, there have been EU-wide and national-level legal developments to foster responsible business and sustainable supply chains – directly inspired by the UNGPs and gaining momentum.
SOUNDBITE (English): John Ruggie, Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs, Havard University:
“And what has happened in the last five years or so is that many governments have turned to this idea of human rights due diligence and turned it into national law or in the case of the European Union, into regional law. So this is, I think, probably substantially the most important consequence in actual legal terms of the guiding principles.”
By becoming law, it mandates in those jurisdictions that companies be able to demonstrate that they have done a thorough assessment of what their adverse impacts may be before starting a new operation. Increasingly now, the United States has also picked up on some of the key features and turned them into mandatory requirements.
SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights have set out an authoritative, pragmatic and effective framework for realising positive contributions through preventing and mitigating risk to people.”
To build on the progress made and address challenges, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights launched the UNGPs 10+Project to take a deeper look at the last ten years and prepare a “roadmap for the next decade” for States and businesses.
SOUNDBITE (English): Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“Many more governments and many more companies need to begin or step up their efforts. Civil society organisations have long denounced the failure of many companies in different sectors to meet their responsibility to respect human rights. Stories exposing the abuse of workers, human rights defenders, and other communities continue to be all too common.”
Today, the UNGPs is the most downloaded publication in the UN Human Rights Office, accessed more than 400,000 times.
SOUNDBITE (English): Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“Ten years on, the challenges and contexts in which the Guiding Principles must be applied are constantly evolving. That is particularly the case in the tech sector and with respect to climate change.”
TRT: 2:31
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 29 AND 22 JUNE 2021 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST:
29 AND 22 JUNE 2021 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, exterior, Palais des Nations, alley of flags Geneva
2. Wide shot, room 18 Human Rights Council
3. Med shot, podium HRC Vice -President Nazhat Shameem Khan Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations Office
4. Various shots, room 18
5. Various shots, video statement to the panel by John Ruggie, Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs, Havard University. (former UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Business and Human Rights)
22 JUNE 2021, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
6. SOUNDBITE (English) John Ruggie, Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs,Havard University:
“One of the core concepts in the guiding principles is that companies, corporations have a responsibility to respect human rights. Now, no company that I know of has ever said we don't respect human rights. My question was, how do you know that you respect human rights? And can you show that you do? Do you have systems in place that would allow you to back that claim? And the answer was, well, no, not really. And so we developed something that we called human rights due diligence, whereby companies can assess the impact that they have in their supply chains with regard to workers and so on and so forth, and modify their their behavior accordingly. And what has happened in the last five years or so is that many governments have turned to this idea of human rights due diligence and turned it into national law or in the case of the European Union, into regional law. So this is, I think, probably substantially the most important consequence in actual legal terms of the guiding principles.”
7. Wide shot, video statement Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
29 JUNE 2021 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights have set out an authoritative, pragmatic and effective framework for realising positive contributions through preventing and mitigating risk to people.”
9. Wide shot, video statement Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“Ten years on, the challenges and contexts in which the Guiding Principles must be applied are constantly evolving. That is particularly the case in the tech sector and with respect to climate change.”
11. Wide shot, participants
STORYLINE:
The Human rights Council (HRC) convened a panel today (29 Jun) in Geneva to mark the 10th anniversary of UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ( UNGP ).
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights have set out an authoritative, pragmatic and effective framework for realising positive contributions through preventing and mitigating risk to people.
The UNGPs provide the globally agreed standard and baseline for what governments and businesses need to do to embed respect for human rights in a business context. This clarity and common platform for action did not exist before 2011. Their unanimous endorsement by the HRC (resolution 17/4) was therefore a landmark moment for business respect for human rights but also for better business.
Professor John Ruggie, considered the father of these guiding principles, was in 2005 appointed as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Business and Human Rights. He was tasked with proposing measures to strengthen the human rights performance of the global business sector.
SOUNDBITE (English) John Ruggie, Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs, Havard University:
“One of the core concepts in the guiding principles is that companies, corporations have a responsibility to respect human rights. Now, no company that I know of has ever said we don't respect human rights. My question was, how do you know that you respect human rights? And can you show that you do? Do you have systems in place that would allow you to back that claim? And the answer was, well, no, not really. And so we developed something that we called human rights due diligence, whereby companies can assess the impact that they have in their supply chains with regard to workers and so on and so forth, and modify their their behavior accordingly.”
Over the last decade, they have seen significant uptake in public and private sector policy frameworks. In Europe, there have been EU-wide and national-level legal developments to foster responsible business and sustainable supply chains – directly inspired by the UNGPs and gaining momentum.
SOUNDBITE (English): John Ruggie, Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs, Havard University:
“And what has happened in the last five years or so is that many governments have turned to this idea of human rights due diligence and turned it into national law or in the case of the European Union, into regional law. So this is, I think, probably substantially the most important consequence in actual legal terms of the guiding principles.”
By becoming law, it mandates in those jurisdictions that companies be able to demonstrate that they have done a thorough assessment of what their adverse impacts may be before starting a new operation. Increasingly now, the United States has also picked up on some of the key features and turned them into mandatory requirements.
SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights have set out an authoritative, pragmatic and effective framework for realising positive contributions through preventing and mitigating risk to people.”
To build on the progress made and address challenges, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights launched the UNGPs 10+Project to take a deeper look at the last ten years and prepare a “roadmap for the next decade” for States and businesses.
SOUNDBITE (English): Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“Many more governments and many more companies need to begin or step up their efforts. Civil society organisations have long denounced the failure of many companies in different sectors to meet their responsibility to respect human rights. Stories exposing the abuse of workers, human rights defenders, and other communities continue to be all too common.”
Today, the UNGPs is the most downloaded publication in the UN Human Rights Office, accessed more than 400,000 times.
SOUNDBITE (English): Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“Ten years on, the challenges and contexts in which the Guiding Principles must be applied are constantly evolving. That is particularly the case in the tech sector and with respect to climate change.”
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