Good Practice Notes on Human Rights Released

(19 December 2012, New York) – The Global Compact today released three good practice notes on human rights. Recently adopted by the Global Compact's Human Rights Working Group, the three notes address the following topics: Developing Corporate Human Rights Policies and the Role of Legal Counsel, Community Engagement and Investment to Advance Human Rights in Supply Chains, and  Supporting Worker Empowerment - Including Support for Workers’ Assertion of their Human Rights - in the Supply Chain.

The development of Good Practice Notes is an ongoing activity of the Human Rights Working Group, and includes support from Stanford Law School’s Pro Bono Colloquium on International Business Practices. Rather than merely emphasizing specific practices of individual companies, Good Practice Notes seek to identify general approaches that have been recognized by numerous companies and stakeholders as being good for both business and human rights. Global Compact companies are encouraged to consult Good Practice Notes and use them as resources.

Stanford Law Professor Chip Pitts, who has led the Good Practice Note project since its inception, said, “The Stanford Law students participating in this project are not merely learning about corporate responsibility and good governance through academic research and interviews, but are making a tangible contribution to effective corporate responsibility and good governance consistent with the Global Compact’s vision and mission.”

For more information and to download the Good Practice Notes, click here.

To propose a topic or to develop a Good Practice Note for consideration by the Human Rights Working Group, please contact Prof. Chip Pitts, Stanford Law School (chip.pitts@att.net), and Marie Wibe, UN Global Compact (wibe@un.org), for more information.

• Developing Corporate Human Rights Policies and the Role of Legal Counsel
• Community Engagement and Investment to Advance Human Rights in Supply Chains
• Supporting Worker Empowerment - Including Support for Workers’ Assertion of their Human Rights - in the Supply Chain

Contact

Marie Wibe
Associate Expert, Human Rights / Government Relations
wibe@un.org