Recommendations for National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights
3) Core tasks
ⅰ. When participating in business-related multilateral institutions and their
activities, the government considers human rights aspects.
ⅱ. The government actively takes part in international efforts to implement and
promote the UNGPs.
8. Enhancement of the effectiveness of
state-based remedy
A. Background for recommendation
1) The government needs to take proper steps to guarantee victims an access to
effective remedy in case of human rights abuses by business enterprises in order
to carry out its duty to protect human rights.
2) Mechanisms for judicial and non-judicial remedy need to contain measures to
remove legal as well as practical barriers for affected individuals to have an easy
access.
B. Domestic / overseas standards and cases
1) UNGPs
25. As part of their duty to protect against business-related human rights abuse,
States must take appropriate steps to ensure, through judicial, administrative,
legislative or other appropriate means, that when such abuses occur within their
territory and/or jurisdiction those affected have access to effective remedy.
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