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Can India Benefit From A Human Rights Framework For Business?

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Can India Benefit From A Human Rights Framework For Business?

by The Daily Eye Team June 23 2016, 9:53 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 28 secs

On 26 June 2014, the government made a commitment at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), when it voted in favour of a resolution to establish an open-ended inter-governmental working group to negotiate a legally binding international treaty to impose human rights obligations on transnational corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises. Even as the second anniversary of the date approaches, India is yet to put in place a human rights framework for businesses at home. This, despite the UNHRC adopting the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights on 16 June 2011.

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