Investors Support UN Business and Human Rights Mandate

A coalition of socially responsible investors sends a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council supporting businesses’ responsibility for human rights.

SocialFunds.com — Three years after being appointed by then United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan as a special representative on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, Professor John Ruggie presented his findings on business and human rights to the United Nations Human Rights Council last week. His third report on the subject, entitled “Protect, Respect and Remedy: a Framework for Business and Human Rights,” provides a framework for corporations to be held responsible for global human rights.

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