Toolbox Human Rights

Although states are the only parties responsible for complying with human rights law at the international level, organisations and individuals must comply with the human rights law in force in the territory where they carry out their activities. 

Organisations, independently of their size and legal nature, must know and comply with their human rights obligations. When they violate human rights law, they must redress or compensate the damage caused.  

Human rights should always be respected (although in exceptional circumstances the state can limit them or progressively fulfil rights that have budgetary implications). This means that an adverse human rights impact caused in a specific area or by a specific activity cannot be compensated by a benefit or a redress provided in another. 

Non-binding guidelines seek to promote and support compliance with human rights law. They are increasingly used to facilitate consensus among stakeholders on highly sensitive topics, such as the possibility to use cross-border mechanisms to claim human rights remedies. 

These guidelines are a framework that complements human rights law, facilitates compliance and enforcement, and increases awareness about its relevance. 

Such guidelines aim to make all types of organisations aware of the “adverse human rights impacts” that their activities could cause, such as obstructing, limiting or eliminating the ability of people to enjoy their human rights. 

Non-binding guidelines seek to promote and support compliance with human rights law. They are increasingly used to facilitate consensus among stakeholders on highly sensitive topics, such as the possibility to use cross-border mechanisms to claim human rights remedies. 

These guidelines are a framework that complements human rights law, facilitates compliance and enforcement, and increases awareness about its relevance. 

Such guidelines aim to make all types of organisations aware of the “adverse human rights impacts” that their activities could cause, such as obstructing, limiting or eliminating the ability of people to enjoy their human rights. 

Non-binding guidelines seek to promote and support compliance with human rights law. They are increasingly used to facilitate consensus among stakeholders on highly sensitive topics, such as the possibility to use cross-border mechanisms to claim human rights remedies. 

These guidelines are a framework that complements human rights law, facilitates compliance and enforcement, and increases awareness about its relevance. 

Such guidelines aim to make all types of organisations aware of the “adverse human rights impacts” that their activities could cause, such as obstructing, limiting or eliminating the ability of people to enjoy their human rights. 

Non-binding guidelines seek to promote and support compliance with human rights law. They are increasingly used to facilitate consensus among stakeholders on highly sensitive topics, such as the possibility to use cross-border mechanisms to claim human rights remedies. 

These guidelines are a framework that complements human rights law, facilitates compliance and enforcement, and increases awareness about its relevance. 

Such guidelines aim to make all types of organisations aware of the “adverse human rights impacts” that their activities could cause, such as obstructing, limiting or eliminating the ability of people to enjoy their human rights.