Responsible Business and Human Rights Issue Brief

Human rights were historically regarded as a matter for governments with companies' involvement being limited to compliance with domestic law in areas where they operate.

Human Rights Issue Brief
Date published
April 2010
Human Right Issue Brief [261kb PDF]

Many countries where businesses operate suffer from weak governance, low income or high corruption levels, which can result in wide spread human rights abuses. Further, operating in the UK or other western democracies is no guarantee against associations with human rights violations.

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