International Business Leaders Forum

							HUMAN RIGHTS


Lucy Amis - IBLF
IWG Symposium
01 April 2008
International Business Leaders Forum


• Editorially independent, non-for-profit organisation
• Set up in 1990
• Promotes Responsible Business Leadership
• Works with business, government and civil society to
      enhance the contribution business can make to sustainable
      development
• Promotes the value of cross-sector collaboration
• Global reach: London, Moscow, Beijing and US offices plus
      regional affiliates
• Supported by over 100 of the world’s leading businesses
      and reaches millions of employees worldwide
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IBLF Business and Human Rights
Programme
   • Publications and tools
       Human Rights - is it any of your business? (2000),
       Business & Human Rights - A geography of corporate risk (2002),
       Human Rights - it is your business (2005),
       Development, Peace and Human Rights in Colombia: A Business Agenda
       (2006)
       Guide to Human Rights Impact Assessments and Management (2007)
   • Company strategy advice
   • Facilitator of cross-sector dialogue - 2006 Colombia dialogues
   • Regional implementation
   • Secretariat - Voluntary Principles, UN Global Compact UK Network
   • Monitor international policy agenda - UNGC HRWG, LBHRN
   • Partners - Amnesty International, International Alert, Transparency
     International, F&C Asset Management, Office of High Commissioner for
     Human Rights, UN Global Compact, International Finance Corporation….

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             GUIDE TO HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT
             ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT




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     Background

  • Initiated by a company request
  • Guide built on wide-range consultation
  • Road-testing draft was released in June 2007




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          THE HRIA GUIDE
          The 8 step process

         • Step One: Determine Whether a Full Human Rights Impact
           Assessment Is Needed
         • Step Two: Identify and Clarify the Business Project Context
         • Step Three: Set the Baseline – Articulate the Current Local
           Picture and Conditions
         • Step Four: Consult with Stakeholders to Verify the Human Rights
           Challenges
         • Step Five: Assess the Human Rights Impacts and Consequences
         • Step Six: Present the Assessment Findings and
           Recommendations to Management
         • Step Seven: Implement a Human Rights Management Process
         • Step Eight: Monitor, Evaluate and Report on the Management
           Process

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         THE HRIA GUIDE
         Key objectives of guide

    • Business process to assess
      potential human rights impacts
    • Influence project management
    • Enable companies to act pro-
      actively rather then re-actively
    • Point the assessment team to
      expertise
    • Fit with existing due diligence
      and assessment processes




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                                       • Objective now - to test it in
Road-testing                             practice
                                       • Aspire but not limited to 1
                                         company in main business
                                         sectors
                                       • As much geographical spread
                                         as possible
                                       • Formal and informal road-
                                         testing
                                       • Opportunity to comment
                                         continues
                                       • Supporting material produced
                                         – Executive Overview
                                         – Frequently Asked
                                           Questions
                                       • Revised version to be published
                                         in 2009



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HUMAN RIGHTS


Lucy Amis - IBLF
IWG Symposium
01 April 2008
                                         1. Stated purpose of tool
                                Name of tool                                  Description
                                                   To ensure that the business practices of companies operating in
      Conflict Sensitive Business Practice         conflict zones do not contribute to conflict or cause human rights
      (IA)                                         abuses and contribute to social and economic development.


                                                   To provide companies with a process for assessing potential human
      Human Rights Impact Assessment               rights impacts and making appropriate management decisions
      (IBLF/IFC/UNGC)
                                                   A diagnostic self-assessment tool to help companies detect risks of
      Human Rights Compliance                      human rights violations caused by the effects of company operations
      Assessment (DIHR)                            on employees, local residents and other stakeholders.


                                                   To develop a process through which affected communities can
      Community Human Rights Impact                understand the impact of foreign investment in human rights terms.
      Assessment (R&D)
                                                   A tool for companies to map policies and practice against the content
      Human Rights Matrix (revised)                of the Universal Declaration and to prioritize against what is essential,
                                                   expected and desirable.
      (BLIHR)




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