US FACES GAPS IN PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN BUSINESS ACTIVITIES – UN EXPERTS

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US FACES GAPS IN PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN BUSINESS ACTIVITIES – UN
EXPERTSNew York, May 2 2013 6:00PMDespite progress and innovation in
key sectors of the United States' economy, too many loopholes remain
to adequately protect human rights from adverse business practices, a
group of United Nations independent experts today warned.

While the US Government has committed to the UN Guiding Principles on
Business and Human Rights, and established a number of relevant
initiatives, "it is not facing the challenge of putting them into
practice," <"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13286&LangID=E">said
Michael Addo, who along with Puvan Selvanathan, completed a 10-day
mission to the US as representative members of the UN Working Group on
business and human rights.

The Guiding Principles outline how States and businesses should
implement the UN "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework to better
manage business and human rights challenges.

The framework is based on three pillars – the State duty to protect
against human rights abuses by third parties, including business,
through appropriate policies, regulation, and adjudication; the
corporate responsibility to respect human rights, which means avoiding
infringing on the rights of others and to address adverse impacts that
occur; and greater access by victims to effective remedy, both
judicial and non-judicial.

From the low wage industries in the services sector, the UN experts
met with Government officials, business leaders, civil society and UN
organizations in Washington DC, as well as in Florida, California,
West Virginia, New York and Arizona.

"The UN experts heard allegations of significant and widespread labour
practices that, if correct, would be both illegal under US laws, as
well as fall below international standards," the Office of the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a news release.

During the visit, the UN experts noted the range of efforts at the
federal, state and local levels, including promotion of better
business practice through disclosure requirement, marshalling efforts
against human trafficking, forced and child labour, and raising
awareness of the Guiding Principles.

Among innovative approaches to address some of these gaps include
greater collaboration between trade unions and companies in California
and independently monitored mechanism to pay a living wage for tomato
pickers in Florida.

"Despite innovative initiatives to address this problem, these seemed
insufficient, and the legal and regulatory framework provides weak
deterrents to illegal behaviour, too many loopholes to avoid
compliance and little incentive for companies to behave responsibly,
according to the allegations we heard," Mr. Selvanathan said.

In West Virginia and the Navajo Nation, the Working Group reviewed
issues related to indigenous people in the context of surface mining
and noted in particular allegations in regards to "the lack of free,
prior and informed consent for projects affecting them and sites of
cultural and religious significance to them, as well as issues of
discrimination," according to today's news release.

"With a few exceptions, most companies still struggle to understand
the implications of the corporate responsibility to respect human
rights. Those that do have policies in place, in turn face the
challenge of turning such policies into effective practices," Mr.
Selvanathan said.

"Much more awareness-raising and education needs to take place," Mr.
Addo underscored. "Effective implementation of the Guiding Principles
by companies requires first and foremost a good understanding of the
processes involved, mobilization of significant buy-in and commitment
from the top of a company."

In their preliminary findings, Mr. Selvanathan and Mr. Addo stressed
that they had no opinion about the deeply divided extracting industry,
and were only interested in looking at how actual or potential adverse
human rights impacts are identified, prevented, mitigated and
addressed.

The Group noted, however, that it heard allegations of impacts on the
environment, land and water, and on sites of cultural and religious
significance to Native Americans.

Independent experts or special rapporteurs are appointed by the UN
Human Rights Council to examine and report back, in an unpaid
capacity, on specific human rights themes. The Working Group will
present its report to the Geneva-based Council in June 2014.May 2
2013 6:00PM
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