(Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, London, 12 December 2007) A recently released UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights consultation report addresses the challenges of incorporating human rights considerations into the provision of assistance, with a particular focus on export credit agencies. The SRSG noted… that the relevant question was whether ECAs can and should act on policy grounds to ensure that investments they support abroad do not contribute to human rights abuses, especially when the investments are made in difficult areas such as conflict zones. That said, the SRSG noted that his focus was on ECAs mitigating or reducing human rights risks abroad, not on ECAs taking steps to promote or fulfill rights.
Date
5 December 2007
