The Human Rights

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• The Human Rights
• Compliance Assessment
• HRCA

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• HRCAs coverage of the UN GLOBAL COMPACT
  Principles
• Human Rights
• 1. Businesses should support and respect the
  protection of internationally proclaimed human
  rights and
• 2. Make sure they are not complicit in human
  rights abuses.
• Labour
• 3. Businesses should uphold the freedom of
  association and the effective recognition of the
  right to collective bargaining
• 4. The elimination of all forms of forced and
  compulsory labour
• 5. The effective abolition of child labour and
• 6. Eliminate discrimination in respect of
  employment and occupation.

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• What is the HRCA?
• A self-assessment tool for companies
• Enables companies to assess their human rights
  risks (non-compliance)
• Constitutes a minimum-bottom line approach

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• How was the HRCA made?
• Based on 80 international human rights
  treaties/conventions
• Modified, to apply to companies, and in a
  question/indicator based system
• Test company- Shell International

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• How does the HRCA work?
• Series of questions/indicators
• Traffic light internal auditing system
• Internal departmental reporting structure
• Final numeric score

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3 levels of indicators in the HRCA
EXAMPLE OF CHILD LABOUR INDICATORS
Does the company have a policy on child
labour? Scope Does the policy include all
children under 13/14 years of age, and for
hazardous work18 years
policy
Are the companys hiring managers trained in
Are birth certificates checked before offers of
employment are extended In areas where birth
certificates are not common, or are frequently
forged
procedure
Do interviews with employees reveal Do local
school records show
performance
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Contrast your companys HRCA scores against the
Risk Ratings of your country of operations to
assess your overall risk
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Board of Directors and/or Finance Institute
HRCA System Overview
Departmental management and/or External Auditor
Individual check and/or internal company auditor
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Save your HRCA results to monitor progressive
improvements from year to year
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Functionality and Features of the Full HRCA

• Check by Right
• Check by Department
• Check by Topic
• Description of each Right
• Additional Resources
• Suggestions for Promotional Activities
• Country Indicators
• Difficulties and Dilemmas

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• The HRCA Quick Check
• Available for free
• Covers 10 of the full HRCA
• Indicators selected by 18 EDFIs (European
  development finance institutes)
• Web-based tool or hard-copy
• Available in Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, and
  Spanish

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• Over 500 web-users in 59 countries

multipliers EDFIs, unions, company subsidiaries
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• Whats in store for the HRCAs future?
• Annual updates and new computerized interface
• Localized versions (Chinese, South African,
  Balkans)
• Sector-specific HRCAs

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Tools for two types of violations
DIRECT AND INDIRECT (COMPLICITY)
COMPLICITY AND DUE-DILIGENCE
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Indirect Violations and Due Diligence

• Forthcoming 2008
• Product lines

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• The Danish Institute for Human Rights
• Email business_at_humanrights.dk
• Telephone [phone]