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ICC Working Group

DIHR is a central member of the ICC Working Group on Business and Human Rights...
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UN Global Compact
Self-Assessment

Test your company's performance on all 10 Global Compact principles ...
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Country Portal

The first step toward preventing abuses in business operations is a practical, realistic mapping of human rights conditions...
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Human Rights Compliance Assessment

The HRCA has been fully updated and reformatted to incorporate...
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Directing Resources for Human Rights Impact
Created in partnership with Coca-Cola and the UN Global Compact, ‘The Arc of Human Rights Priorities' offers a framework for prioritizing company human rights interventions.
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Respecting Human Rights in Difficult Environments
'Doing Business in High-Risk Human Rights Environments' aims to help companies systematically assess human rights conditions where they do business and decide whether it is possible to operate sustainably.
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The Human Rights and Business Department is the world’s largest business-focused team of human rights specialists. We maintain the institutional backing of a leading National Human Rights Institution and a network of more than 100 human rights organizations around the world.

The Human Rights and Business Department and The Danish Institute for Human Rights are nonprofit organisations. All proceeds go directly to research and related activities aimed at promoting and strengthening human rights worldwide.

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The HRCA is a comprehensive tool for businesses to assess their human rights risk and performance.