Human Rights
Even a single person’s acts can damage not only those directly affected, but also the surrounding world’s trust of the company, as well as co-workers’ involvement and loyalty to the company.
By securing that knowledge, understanding and compliance with relevant human rights are integrated within the company’s processes (for example, sourcing, training, acquisitions and risk management), the risks of violation are reduced. Trust for the company is protected and strengthened.
Specific tools in the work for protecting human rights are risk assessment, codes of conduct, training, internal follow-up, external auditing and communication.
Enact has a long experience of practical and strategic work in the field of human rights. In our network we have experts with competence in the area.
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Human Rights
In 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Thereafter, a number of important human rights conventions have been adopted. Among them are the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both adopted in 1966.
Every individual possesses human rights. The conventions proclaim that every individual is born free and equal in dignity and rights. The human rights are universal. They are valid all over the world, regardless of country, culture and context.
Read more about the human rights at UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Examples of abuses
Violations against the human rights occur all over the world. Some examples of human rights abuses are children in forced labour, harassment of human rights defenders, limitations of freedom of assembly and organisation, systematic abuse of women’s rights and limitations of freedom of expression.
The occurance of the violations are various in different parts of the world. Mapping the country and business that is run by the company is a good start in assessing the risks for infringements and breachs.