The UN’s Guide to Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence: business and human rights in conflict-affected areas

The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights have become a reference framework for companies wishing and needing to take human rights and their impact on human rights into account.

Based on the premise that there is a high risk of " companies becoming involved in grave human rights abuses […] in contexts affected by armed conflicts and other situations of widespread violence ", the United Nations Development Programme and the Working Group on Business and Human Rights drafted a Guide to Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence for Business in Conflict-Affected Contexts in 2022.

This Guide, whose objective is "avoiding or mitigating negative impact [on human rights] that a business can cause, contribute to, or be directly linked to", could be a companion for companies operating in sensitive contexts.