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Reports and other documents of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

Working Group reports to the Human Rights Council

Bodies	Session	Symbol number	Title	Language
HRC	44th	A/HRC/44/43	Advance Edited Version Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on connecting the business and human rights and the anti-corruption agendas	English
HRC	41st	A/HRC/41/43	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on Gender dimensions of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	41st	A/HRC/41/43/Add.1	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on its mission to Thailand	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	41st	A/HRC/41/43/Add.2	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on its mission to Kenya	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	41st	A/HRC/41/43/Add.3	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on its visit to Thailand Comments by the State	English
HRC	38th	A/HRC/38/48	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on "economic diplomacy" as a tool for States to promote corporate respect for human rights	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	38th	A/HRC/38/48	Executive Summary of the report: "economic diplomacy" as a tool for States to promote corporate respect for human right	English \| Français
HRC	38th	A/HRC/38/48/Add.1	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on its mission to Canada	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	38th	A/HRC/38/48/Add.2	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on its mission to Peru	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	38th	A/HRC/38/48/Add.3	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on the third regional consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean on public policy for the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development"	Español only
HRC	35th	A/HRC/35/32	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises in the implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	35th	A/HRC/35/32/Add.1	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on its mission to the Republic of Korea	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	35th	A/HRC/35/32/Add.2	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on its mission to Mexico	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	35th	A/HRC/35/33	Study of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on best practices and how to improve on the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation between States with respect to law enforcement on the issue of business and human rights	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	32nd	A/HRC/32/45	Executive Summary of the report: "Leading by example - The State, State-owned enterprises, and Human Rights"	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español English
HRC	32nd	A/HRC/32/45/Add.1	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on its mission to Brazil	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	32nd	A/HRC/32/45/Add.2	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on the Asia Forum on Business and Human Rights	English
HRC	32nd	A/HRC/32/45/Add.3	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on multi-stakeholder engagement across "Protect, Respect and Remedy" – Reflections from discussions at the 2015 annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights	English
HRC	32nd	A/HRC/32/45/Add.4	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on the "Regional consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean on public policy for the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development"	English
HRC	32nd	A/HRC/32/46	Summary of discussions of the Forum on Business and Human Rights - Note by the Secretariat	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	29th	A/HRC/29/28	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises: "improving policy coherence for inclusive and sustainable development"	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	29th	A/HRC/29/28/Add.1	Addendum - Visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	29th	A/HRC/29/28/Add.2	Addendum - Report on the First African Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights	English Français \| Русский \| Español \| العربية \| 中文
HRC	29th	A/HRC/29/28/Add.3	Addendum - Identifying emerging approaches and lessons learned in corporate respect for human rights: reflections from discussions held at the 2014 Forum on Business and Human Rights	English \| Français \| Русский \| Español \| العربية \| 中文
HRC	29th	A/HRC/29/28/Add.4	Addendum - Comments by the Republic of Azerbaijan on the report of the Working Group (visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan)	English
HRC	26th	A/HRC/26/25	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises: "Review of the strategic objectives, activities and outcomes of the first three years"	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \|Español
HRC	26th	A/HRC/26/25/Add.1	Addendum - Uptake of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: practices and results from a survey of corporations	English \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية
HRC	26th	A/HRC/26/25/Add.2	Addendum - Report of the Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights for Latin America and the Caribbean	English \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية
HRC	26th	A/HRC/26/25/Add.3	Addendum - International Expert Workshop (Toronto): "Business Impacts and Non-judicial Access to Remedy: Emerging Global Experience	English \| Français \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية
HRC	26th	A/HRC/26/25/Add.4	Addendum - Visit to the United States of America	English \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية
HRC	26th	A/HRC/26/25/Add.5	Addendum - Visit to Ghana	English \| Русский \| Español \| العربية \| 中文
HRC	23rd	A/HRC/23/32	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English \| Français \| Русский \| Español 中文 \| العربية
HRC	23rd	A/HRC/23/32/Add.1	Addendum - Visit to Mongolia	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	23rd	A/HRC/23/32/Add.2	Addendum - Uptake of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: practices and results from pilot surveys of Governments and corporations	English \| Français \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية
HRC	20th	A/HRC/20/29	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English Français \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية

Working Group reports to the General Assembly

Bodies	Session	Symbol number	Title	Language
GA	74th	A/74/198	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises: “Policy coherence in government action to protect against business-related human rights abuses”	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
GA	74th	A/74/198	Executive summary of the report: “Policy coherence in government action to protect against business-related human rights abuses”	English \| Français
GA	73rd	A/73/163	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises: "Corporate human rights due diligence – emerging practices, challenges and ways forward"	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
GA	73rd	A/73/163	Executive Summary of the report "Corporate human rights due diligence – emerging practices, challenges and ways forward"	English \| Français \| Español
GA	72nd	A/72/162	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises: "Access to effective remedies under the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework"	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
GA	71st	A/71/291	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises: "Addressing the human rights impacts of agro-industrial operations on indigenous and local communities: State duties and responsibilities of business enterprises"	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
GA	70th	A/70/216	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises: "Measuring the implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights"	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
		A/70/216	Executive Summary of the report "Measuring the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights"	English
GA	69th	A/69/263	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises: "National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights"	English \| Français \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية
GA	68th	A/68/279	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises: "Business-related impacts on the rights of indigenous peoples"	English \| Français \| Русский \| Español 中文 \| العربية
GA	67th	A/67/285	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises: "Developments in the embedding of the Guiding Principles into global governance frameworks"	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский

Working Group country visit reports

Bodies	Session	Symbol number	Title	Language
HRC	44th	A/HRC/44/43/Add.1	Addendum - Visit to Georgia	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	44th	A/HRC/44/43/Add.2	Addendum - Visit to Honduras	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	41st	A/HRC/41/43/Add.1	Addendum - Visit to Thailand	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	41st	A/HRC/41/43/Add.2	Addendum - Visit to Kenya	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	38th	A/HRC/38/48/Add.1	Addendum – Visit to Canada	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	38th	A/HRC/38/48/Add.2	Addendum – Visit to Peru	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	35th	A/HRC/35/32/Add.1	Addendum - Visit to the Republic of Korea	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	35th	A/HRC/35/32/Add.2	Addendum - Visit to Mexico	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	32nd	A/HRC/32/45/Add.1	Addendum - Visit to Brazil	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	29th	A/HRC/29/28/Add.1	Addendum - Visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	26th	A/HRC/26/25/Add.4	Addendum - Visit to the United States of America	English \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية
HRC	26th	A/HRC/26/25/Add.5	Addendum - Visit to Ghana	English \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية
HRC	23rd	A/HRC/23/32/Add.1	Addendum - Visit to Mongolia	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español

Reports from the Working Group's sessions

Bodies	Session	Symbol number	Title	Language
WG	18th	A/HRC/WG.12/18/1	Outcome of the eighteenth session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English
WG	17th	A/HRC/WG.12/17/1	Outcome of the seventeenth session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English
WG	16th	A/HRC/WG.12/16/1	Outcome of the sixteenth session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English
WG	15th	A/HRC/WG.12/15/1	Outcome of the fifteenth session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English
WG	14th	A/HRC/WG.12/14/1	Outcome of the fourteenth session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English
WG	13th	A/HRC/WG.12/13/1	Outcome of the thirteenth session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English
WG	12th	A/HRC/WG.12/12/1	Outcome of the twelfth session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English
WG	11th	A/HRC/WG.12/11/1	Outcome of the eleventh session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English
WG	10th	A/HRC/WG.12/10/1	Outcome of the tenth session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English
WG	9th	A/HRC/WG.12/9/1	Outcome of the ninth session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English
WG	8th	A/HRC/WG.12/8/1	Outcome of the eighth session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English
WG	7th	A/HRC/WG.12/7/1	Outcome of the seventh session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية
WG	6th	A/HRC/WG.12/6/1	Outcome of the sixth session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English \| Français \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية
WG	5th	A/HRC/WG.12/5/1	Outcome of the fifth session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English
WG	4th	A/HRC/WG.12/4/1	Outcome of the fourth session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English \| Français \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية
WG	3rd	A/HRC/WG.12/3/1	Outcome of the third session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, including revised methods of work	English \| Français \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية
WG	2nd	A/HRC/WG.12/2/1	Outcome of the second session of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English \| Français \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية

Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights

Bodies	Session	Symbol number	Title	Language
HRC	44th	A/HRC/44/56	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on the 2019 Forum on Business and Human Rights	Advance Edited Version (English)
HRC	41st	A/HRC/41/49	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on the 2018 Forum on Business and Human Rights	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	38th	A/HRC/38/49	Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on the 2017 Forum on Business and Human Rights	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
FBHR	5th	A/HRC/FBHR/2016/2	2016 Forum: Summary of discussions	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	35th	A/HRC/35/34	Note by the secretariat	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
FBHR	4th	A/HRC/FBHR/2015/2	2015 Forum report: Summary of discussions	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	31st	A/HRC/32/46	Note by the secretariat	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
FBHR	3rd	A/HRC/FBHR/2014/3	2014 Forum report: Summary of discussions	English
HRC	29th	A/HRC/29/29	Note by the Secretariat	English \| Français \| Español \| Русский \| 中文 \| العربية
FBHR	2nd	A/HRC/FBHR/2013/4	2013 Forum report: Summary of discussions	English
HRC	26th	A/HRC/26/26	Note by the Secretariat	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
FBHR	1st	A/HRC/FBHR/2012/4	2012 Forum report: Summary of discussions	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	23rd	A/HRC/23/33	Note by the secretariat	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español

Reports of the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner

Bodies	Session	Symbol number	Title	Language
HRC	26th	A/HRC/26/20	Report of the Secretary-General on the challenges, strategies and developments with regard to the implementation of the resolution 21/5 by the United Nations system, including programmes, funds and agencies	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	26th	A/HRC/26/20/Add.1	Report of the Secretary-General on the challenges, strategies and developments with regard to the implementation of the resolution 21/5 by the United Nations system, including programmes, funds and agencies - Addendum 1 - Study on the feasibility of a global fund to enhance the capacity of stakeholders to implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights	English
HRC	21st	A/HRC/21/21	Report of the SG on the contribution of the United Nations system as a whole to the advancement of the business and human rights agenda and the dissemination and implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	21st	A/HRC/21/21/Corr.1	Corrigendum	English
HRC	14th	A/HRC/14/29	Report of the HC on her Office’s consultation on operationalizing the framework for business and human rights	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	14th	A/HRC/14/29/Add.1	Addendum - Summary of proceedings of side events to the consultation of the OHCHR on operationalizing the framework for business and human rights	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
GA	63rd	A/63/270	Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of his Special Representative on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	العربية \| 中文 \| English \| Français \| Русский \| Español
HRC	4th	A/HRC/4/99	Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the outcome of the second annual sectoral consultation of senior company executives and experts	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский
CHR	62nd	E/CN.4/2006/92	Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the sectoral consultation entitled "Human rights and the extractive industry", 10-11 November 2005	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский
CHR	61st	E/CN.4/2005/91	Report of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights on the responsibilities of transnational corporations and related business enterprises with regard to human rights	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский

Reports of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

Bodies	Session	Symbol number	Title	Language
HRC	17th	A/HRC/17/32	Report of the SRSG on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises - Business and human rights in conflict-affected regions: challenges and options towards state responses	English
HRC	17th	A/HRC/17/31	Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary- General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English \| Français \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية
HRC	17th	A/HRC/17/31/Add.1	Addendum - Piloting principles for effective company-stakeholder grievance mechanisms: A report of lessons learned	English \| Español
HRC	17th	A/HRC/17/31/Add.2	Addendum - Human Rights and Corporate Law: Trends and Observations from a Cross-National Study conducted by the Special Representative	English \| Français
HRC	17th	A/HRC/17/31/Add.3	Addendum - Principles for Responsible Contracts: Integrating the management of human rights risks into State-investor contract negotiations - Guidance for negotiatiors	English
GA	65th	A/65/310	Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский
HRC	14th	A/HRC/14/27	Report of the SRSG on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English \| Français \| Русский \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية
GA	64th	A/64/216	Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский
HRC	11th	A/HRC/11/13	Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, John Ruggie	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский
HRC	11th	A/HRC/11/13/Add.1	State obligations to provide access to remedy for human rights abuses by third parties, including business	English \| Français \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский
HRC	8th	A/HRC/8/16	Clarifying the Concepts of "Sphere of influence" and "Complicity"	English \| Français \| Español \| 中文 \| Русский
HRC	8th	A/HRC/8/5	Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, John Ruggie	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский
HRC	8th	A/HRC/8/5/Add.1	Summary of five multi-stakeholder consultations	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский
HRC	8th	A/HRC/8/5/Add.2	Corporations and human rights: a survey of the scope and patterns of alleged corporate-related human rights abuse	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский
HRC	4th	A/HRC/4/35	Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский
HRC	4th	A/HRC/4/35/Add.1	State responsibilitites to regulate and adjudicate corporate activities undere the United nations core human rights treaties: an overview of treaty body commentaries	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский
HRC	4th	A/HRC/4/35/Add.2	Corporate responsibility under international law and issues in extraterritorial regulation: summary of legal workshops	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский
HRC	4th	A/HRC/4/35/Add. 3	Human rights policies and management practices: results from questionnaire surveys of Governments and the Fortune Global 500 firms	English \| Français \| Español \| 中文 \| العربية \| Русский
HRC	4th	A/HRC/4/35/Add. 4	Business recognition of human rights: Global patterns, regional and sectoral variations	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский
HRC	4th	A/HRC/4/74	Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises: Human rights impact assessments - resolving key methodological questions	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \| 中文 \| Русский
CHR	62nd	E/CN.4/2006/97	Interim report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises	English \| Français \| Español \| العربية \|中文 \| Русский