UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights 2011 (UNGPs)

Summary

Three-pillar framework — state duty to protect, corporate responsibility to respect, and access to remedy — endorsed unanimously by the UN Human Rights Council.

Relevance to the diaspora

Baseline standard cited by every serious business-and-conflict submission concerning Sri Lanka, including North-East land, tea and tourism sectors.

Key provisions

• State duty to protect
• Corporate responsibility to respect
• Access to effective remedy

Primary source

Related entries

• → EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive 2024/1760 (CSDDD) (EU)
• → UN Basic Principles on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation 2005 (van Boven/Bassiouni Principles) (UN)