Associate Director, Children's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch
Jun 16, 2021 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
10 years after the adoption of United Nations Guiding Principles on Businesses and Human Rights, we need laws that require companies to respect human rights and hold them accountable if they fail to do so.
@hrw gives you 10 reasons why: 👉thread!
The Guiding Principles, adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council 10 years ago today, provide *voluntary* guidelines for companies on their human rights responsibilities.
Laws can make it **mandatory** for companies to respect human rights.