Business and Human Rights

Business and Human Rights

February 29, 2016

Business and Human Rights

As globalisation has accelerated around the world and the reach and impact of business enterprises has amplified, there has been increased debate about their roles and responsibilities with regard to human rights. The Business and Human Rights Working Group looks... Read more

Business and Human Rights

September 18, 2018

ENNHRI Statement on Business & Human Rights at the 89th CDDH Plenary meeting

ENNHRI published a statement based on its intervention at the Council of Europe’s (CoE) CDDH Plenary meeting on 21 June 2018 in Strasbourg. The Statement will form a part of the CDDH Plenary Meeting Report and will be used as an important benchmark when monitoring... Read more

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October 3, 2018

ENNHRI and Equinet host training event for NHRIs and equality bodies on engaging with the UNCRPD Committee and Disabled Persons’ Organisations

ENNHRI and Equinet (the European Network of Equality Bodies) are hosting a training event for NHRIs and equality bodies on 3-4 October in Riga on the engagement of the Article 33(2) Independent Monitoring Mechanisms (IMMs) with the UNCRPD Committee and Disabled Persons’ Organisations (DPOs).... Read more
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October 10, 2018

New ENNHRI publication showcases European NHRIs’ work in supporting Human Rights Defenders

ENNHRI is today launching a new publication - ’National Human Rights Institutions and Human Rights Defenders: Enabling human rights and democratic space in Europe’ - ahead of ENNHRI’s annual conference on the topic on 25th October 2018 in Athens, Greece.
The publication outlines the work of... Read more
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October 15, 2018

ENNHRI Statement on the ‘Zero Draft’ of the proposed business and human rights treaty

In June 2014 , the UN Human Rights Council established through a resolution an open-ended intergovernmental working group with the mandate to elaborate an international legally binding instrument on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with respect to human rights. This... Read more

ENNHRI is a membership organisation incorporated as an international not-for-profit association under Title III of the Belgian law of 27 June 1921, with its registered office at Rue Royale 138, Brussels (company number 0541.593.956). ENNHRI’s goal, as stated in its statutes, is to enhance the promotion and protection of human rights across wider Europe.