Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses A Guide for Victims and NGOs on Recourse Mechanisms

FIDH – Fédération Internationale pour les Droits Humains FIDH Logotype
  • Before you read
  • The guide
    1. Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: Content of the Guide
    2. Intergovernmental Mechanisms
    3. The United Nations System for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
    4. The Charter-Based Mechanisms
    5. Useful resources and examples
      1. Human Rights mechanisms and competence of treaty bodies
      2. Examples of reports and documents issued by the Special Procedures in relation to business and human rights
      3. Additional resources
  • Beyond the guide
Search

Additional resources

  • Charter of the United Nations
    http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/index.shtml
  • United Nations Treaties and their Protocols
    http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/index.htm
  • Ratifications of Human Rights instruments
    http://treaties.un.org/
  • Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
    http://www.ohchr.org/
  • Human Rights Committee
    http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/
  • Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
    http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/
  • Human Rights Council
    http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/
  • Universal Periodic Review
    http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/
  • Review of the “1503” procedure
    http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/complaints.htm
  • Special Procedures
    http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/
  • Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
    http://www2.ohchr.org/
  • Working Group on the issue of Human Rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
    http://www2.ohchr.org/

Publications

  • HCHR, Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: a Handbook for Civil Society , 2009
    http://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/CivilSociety/Pages/Handbook.aspx
  • OHCHR, Manual of Operations of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, August 2008
    http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/Manual.htm
  • OHCHR, Practical Guide for Civil Society
    http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/PracticalGuideCivilSociety.pdf
  • Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR), Fact sheet, Engaging in the Universal Periodic Review process and follow-up on business and Human Rights
    http://nhri.ohchr.org
  • ECSR-Net, Advocacy guide on business and Human Rights in the United Nations, October 2009
    https://docs.escr-net.org/usr_doc/ESCRNet_BHRGuideI_Updated_Oct2009_eng_FINAL.pdf
  • FIDH, The Universal Periodic Review Handbook, August 2009
    http://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/UPR_HANDBOOK.pdf
  1. Useful resources and examples
  2. Examples of reports and documents issued by the Special Procedures in relation to business and human rights
  3. The International Labor Organisation System