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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February 1, 2019

ENNHRI’s Regional Action Plan to promote and protect Human Rights Defenders and enable democratic space finalised following consultative process

The final version of ENNHRI’s Regional Action Plan to the GANHRI Marrakesh Declaration is now available.
The Marrakesh Declaration on the role of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in expanding civil space and promoting and protecting Human Rights Defenders was adopted last October by... Read more
Agenda

February 6, 2019

The case for an NHRI in Italy presented before Italian law-makers

Italy remains to be one of two EU states and 9 Council of Europe states without a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), and ENNHRI is working on that to change. Last week, ENNHRI’s Senior Human Rights Officer, Dr Katrien Meuwissen, presented at the Italian Chamber of Deputies that there is a... Read more
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February 18, 2019

European NHRIs and other actors meet to discuss the promotion and protection of human rights in non-government controlled areas

On 13-14 February, high-level representatives of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in Europe, international organisations and civil society came together in Brussels to discuss the roles and responsibilities of NHRIs in protecting and promoting human rights in non-government controlled... 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.