Eliminating human trafficking from the global business landscape

Private sector businesses should take appropriate measures to prevent any risks of trafficking in their supply chains.

Making human rights a priority for business

The United Nations inaugural Forum on Business and Human Rights brought 1,000 State, business and civil society participants together to address business impacts on human rights.

Getting down to business

The UN Working Group on business and human rights, meeting for the first time, considers a strategy to promote and ensure implementation of the new global standard to prevent and address human rights abuses linked to business practices.

Human rights in the trade arena

Taking a stand: The importance of incorporating human rights issues into international trade rules.

Making businesses respect human rights

A set of Guiding Principles, unanimously endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council, will help business companies respect human rights.

In globalization era human rights are everyone’s business

The 10th biennial International Conference of National Human Rights Institutions opens in Edinburgh, Scotland, with a focus on business and human rights

Human Rights and Trade

UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay calls for the international trade regime to incorporate all human rights.

Principled pragmatism – the way forward for business and human rights

The Secretary-General’s Special Representative on business, John Ruggie updates the Human Rights Council on the human rights framework for business.