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Shared Responsibility for Implementing the UN Guiding Principles
Published: 6/24/2011There’s nothing quite like a provocative post! Grab your attention. Steady. Keep it there.
Following the recent adoption of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by the UN Human Rights Council there has been a flurry of blog-writing activity. This has been swell!
But I’m a bit worried by the tone of a few entries I read which went on to describe the UN’s enforcement role. Not. It won’t happen.
The UN is a standard-setting body. Setting standards is where the UN gets its street-creds. Standard-setting. Yes. And always by consensus. Consensus takes time to build. So, any of the adjectives synonymous with speed are quite out of place at the UN. It’s the antithesis of speed which has attracted some of the UN’s toughest critics. Others seem less satisfied with the principle of one party one vote. At the UN, a vote by the government of Swaziland is treated the same as a vote by the government of the US. The UN IS the sum of its parts and is not independent of its member states.
Respecting Rights adds to the Quiver of the Responsible Corporation
Published: 6/19/2011International Days of Observance cross our sight lines regularly. The UN has designated just over 100 such days or weeks throughout the year, reminding us of some of the world's most serious challenges and neglected issues.
Some designated days are heralded in with much aplomb, having galvanized the world's attention. Others, for no apparent reason, don't create much of a stir and slip right on by.
World Day Against Child Labour
June 12 marked World Day Against Child Labour and from where I stood the day passed without incident. Sure, organizations like UNICEF and the ILO set about their missions to remind us of the scope, magnitude and nuances surrounding the issue. But I find it curious why this particular June 12 didn't drive more conversation to springboard to the spotlight some of the important efforts occurring to advance the elimination of the most harmful forms of child exploitation, the promotion of children's rights and nascent best practices.
Some of these designated days are heralded in with much aplomb, while others slip right on by.
June 12 marked World Day Against Child Labor and from where I stood the day squeaked by. Sure, organizations like UNICEF and the ILO set about their missions to ensure that we not forget about the scope and magnitude of the issue. But I find it curious why this particular June 12 didn't drive more conversation to springboard to the spotlight some of the important efforts occurring to advance the elimination of the most harmful forms of child exploitation, the promotion of children's rights and best practices.
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