Table of Contents

Contents:

Foreword by Surya Deva xxvi
Acknowledgements xxix
Table of cases xxxi
Table of legislation xxxii
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and Principles for Responsible Contracts: An
Introduction 1
Barnali Choudhury

PART I THE UNITED NATIONS GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON BUSINESS
AND HUMAN RIGHTS
1 Guiding Principle 1: Scope of Obligations 12
Daniel Augenstein
2 Guiding Principle 2: Expecting Business to Protect Human Rights 20
Claire Methven O’Brien
3 Guiding Principle 3: General State Regulatory and Policy Functions 28
Anil Yilmaz Vastardis and Rachel Chambers
4 Guiding Principle 4: The Obligations of States in Markets With Respect to Enterprises Owned, Controlled, or
Supported by the State 35
Larry Catá Backer
5 Guiding Principle 5: The Content of the State Duty to Protect in the Context of Privatization 42
Humberto Cantú Rivera
6 Guiding Principle 6: Respecting Human Rights Through Commercial Transactions 49
Annamaria La Chimia
7 Guiding Principle 7: Supporting Business Respect for Human Rights in Conflict-Affected Areas 56
Olga Martin-Ortega and Fatimazahra Dehbi
8 Guiding Principle 8: Ensuring Policy Coherence 63
Jena Martin
9 Guiding Principle 9: Domestic Policy 70
Carolina Olarte-Bácares
10 Guiding Principle 10: States as Members of Multilateral Institutions 77
Gamze Erdem Türkelli
11 Guiding Principle 11: The responsibility of business enterprises to respect human rights 85
Sara L. Seck
12 Guiding Principle 12: Minimum Human Rights Standards for Pillar II 92
Sarah Joseph
13 Guiding Principle 13: Responsibility of the Business Sector 101
Kishanthi Parella
14 Guiding Principle 14: Nature and Size of the Business Enterprise 109
Kishanthi Parella
15 Guiding Principle 15: Businesses Implementing Policies and Practices 113
Kishanthi Parella
16 Guiding Principle 16: Policy Commitments 118
Maddalena Neglia
17 Guiding Principle 17: Human Rights Due Diligence 126
Robert McCorquodale and Cristina Blanco-Vizarreta
18 Guiding Principle 18: Human Rights Impact Assessments 136
Claire Bright and Céline da Graça Pires
19 Guiding Principle 19: Acting Upon Human Rights Impact Assessments 145
Björn Fasterling
20 Guiding Principle 20: Tracking Business Human Rights Responses 155
Andreas Rühmkorf
21 Guiding Principle 21: Communication of Human Rights Impacts 162
Andreas Rühmkorf
22 Guiding Principle 22: Remediation 169
Florencia S. Wegher Osci
23 Guiding Principle 23: Legal Compliance Issues of Business Enterprises 176
Simon Baughen
24 Guiding Principle 24: Prioritization of Severe Human Rights Impacts by Businesses 184
Salvador Herencia-Carrasco
25 Guiding Principle 25: Access to Remedy—Foundational Principle 189
Dalia Palombo
26 Guiding Principle 26: Domestic Judicial Mechanisms 198
Penelope Simons
27 Guiding Principle 27: State-based Non-judicial Grievance Mechanisms 206
Markus Krajewski
28 Guiding Principle 28: Non-state-based Grievance Mechanisms 214
Jennifer A. Zerk
29 Guiding Principle 29: Non-State-Based Grievance Mechanisms; Role of Business 222
Martijn Scheltema
30 Guiding Principle 30: The Role of Collaborative Initiatives in Respecting Human Rights 230
Dorothée Baumann-Pauly and Lilach Trabelsi
31 Guiding Principle 31: Effectiveness Criteria for Non-Judicial Grievance Mechanisms 237
Anna Triponel

PART II PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTS
32 PRC 1: Preparation and Planning 248
Daria Davitti and Sorcha MacLeod
33 PRC 2: Managing Potential Adverse Human Rights Impact 255
Shavana Haythornthwaite
34 PRC 3: Project Operating Standards 263
Dr Shavana Haythornthwaite
35 PRC 4: Contractual Stabilization Clauses 270
Jernej Letnar Černič
36 PRC 5: Additional Goods or Services 277
Margaret G. Wachenfeld
37 PRC 6: Physical Security for the Project 285
Sorcha MacLeod and Daria Davitti
38 PRC 7: Designing Inclusive Community Engagement Strategies 292
Tehtena Mebratu-Tsegaye and Solina Kennedy
39 PRC 8: Project Monitoring and Compliance 299
Sarah Platts
40 PRC 9: Non-judicial Grievance Mechanisms 306
Stefan Zagelmeyer
41 PRC 10: Transparency and Disclosure of Contractual Terms – The last and the least of the ten principles? 314
Motoko Aizawa

Index

About the Author

Edited by Barnali Choudhury, Professor and Director, Jack & Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada