On 21 February 2017, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights held a day of general discussion with States, businesses, trade unions, civil society, NHRIs and academics a practical tool to help States ensure that legislation and policies are in place to protect people whose economic, social and cultural rights are negatively affected by business activities.

Documentation

• Draft General Comment
• Programme of the discussion day

Inputs received

• Amnesty International
• Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Developments (APWLD)
• Brazilian Global Compact Network
  Word | PDF
• British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)
• Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
• Centre Europe Tiers Monde (CETIM)
• Centre International de Conseil, de Recherche et d'Expertise en Droits de l'Homme (CICREDHO)
• Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS) – Argentina
• Child Rights International Network (CRIN) - Word | PDF
• Civil Society Coalition On Human Rights In Manipur and the UN
• Claire Methven O'Brien and Lorand Bartels of the University of Cambridge
• Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
• Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP)
• Conectas Human Rights, HOMA - Human Rights and Business Centre and the Working Group on Intellectual Property_Brazilian Interdisciplinary Association of AIDS
• Council of Europe - Compilation of CoE written comments
• Council of Europe - the GRECO Secretariat (Group of States against corruption)
• Defensoria del Pueblo, Ecuador
• ECA Watch
• Emmaus Aurinkotehdas ry (Finland)
• FIAN International
  Word | PDF
• Franciscans International
• Global Alliance of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (GANHRI)
• Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Government of Colombia
• Government of Denmark
• Government of France
• Government of Guatemala
• Government of Italy
• Government of Jamaica
• Government of Mexico
• Government of Norway
• Government of Peru
• Government of Switzerland
• Government of the United Kingdom
• Hiran Catuninho Azevedo
• IDA-International Disability Alliance
• International Labour Organisation
• Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER)
• Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB)
• International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
• International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCP), and the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF)
• International Organization of Employers (IOE)
• International Platform Against Impunity
• International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
• International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific
• IT for Change
• Kaleidoscope Human Rights Foundation
• Landesa Centre for Women's Land Rights
• Legal Resources Centre
• Minority Rights Group International (MRG) - Word | PDF
• National Human Rights Commission of Mexico
• Netherlands Institute for Human Rights
• Northern Ireland Human Rrights Commission
• Norwegian NGO Forum for Human Rights
• O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University
• OHCHR-Cambodia
• Project on Organizing, Development, Education and Research (PODER)
• Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
• Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
• Uganda Consortium on Corporate Accountability (UCCA)
• University of Connecticut, Business and Human Rights Initiative
• WATERLEX