Ⅱ Recommendation for NAPs
Ⅱ. Recommendations for NAPs
1. Expression of government expectation
for business enterprises
A. Background for recommendation
1) It is important that the government clearly expresses its expectation for business
enterprises in order to secure businesses' commitment to human rights responsibility
and for government policy coherence.
2) The government needs to clearly set out its expectation for all business enterprises
to respect human rights regardless of regions, sizes and types of the business
activities.
B. Domestic / overseas standards and cases
1) UNGPs
2. States should set out clearly the expectation that all business enterprises domiciled
in their territory and/or jurisdiction respect human rights throughout their operations.
2) Establishment of NAPs is the most effective measure to express governments’
expectation and policy commitment for the corporate responsibility to respect
human rights. Therefore, States that have developed NAPs are taking advantage
of the plans to express governments’ expectation on the corporate responsibility
to respect human rights.
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