31/L.68 Protecting human rights defenders addressing economic, social and cultural rights

Human Rights Council Thirty-first session

Agenda item 3

Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,

political, economic, social and cultural rights,

including the right to development

China, Cuba, Egypt,* Pakistan,* Russian Federation: amendment to draft resolution

A/HRC/31/L.28

31/… Protecting human rights defenders addressing economic, social and cultural rights

Paragraph 17 should read

17. Encourages business enterprises of all categories to avoid, identify, assess

and address any adverse human rights impacts related to their activities through meaningful

consultation with relevant stakeholders in a manner consistent with the Guiding Principles

on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and

Remedy” Framework,1 and underlines the importance of accountability, including of all

business enterprises, both transnational and others, including their provision of or

cooperation in remedial action, and also encourages all business enterprises to share and

exchange best practices in an accessible form on how they address their adverse human

rights impacts, including with regard to information that is sufficient to evaluate the

effectiveness of the response to the particular human rights impact involved;

* Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. 1 See A/HRC/17/11, annex.

United Nations A/HRC/31/L.68