Business and Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/53/3View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2023.

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 topics

Accountability Business Enterprises Consultations Human Rights Legal Remedies Transnational Corporations Working Groups

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to work in the area of business and human rights, including accountability and remedy, and to convene a yearly consultation, involving representatives of States and other stakeholders, regarding challenges, good practices and the implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and to submit a report thereon to the Human Rights Council at its sixty-second session;

Decides that the Working Group shall continue to guide the work of the Forum on Business and Human Rights and to prepare its annual meetings, and invites the Working Group to chair the Forum on Business and Human Rights and to submit a report on the proceedings and thematic recommendations of the Forum to the Human Rights Council for its consideration;

Also decides to extend the mandate of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, as set out by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 17/4, and with due consideration of its resolution 44/15, for a period of three years;

Requests the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to provide the Working Group with all the resources and assistance necessary to fulfil its mandate effectively, including its role in guiding the work of the Forum on Business and Human Rights;

Also requests the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to provide the Forum, in a transparent manner, with all the services and facilities necessary, bearing in mind the need for a hybrid format and the growing participation in the Forum, and paying particular attention to regional balance and ensuring participation of affected individuals and communities.

Paragraph content is machine-extracted from UN documents. For authoritative content, please refer to the official UN document.

No headings found in this document.

Who created this mandate?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What does this mandate say?

Table of contents