Human Rights
This section of the Global Compact Self Assessment Tool addresses the UN Global Compact principles on Human Rights. Business should:
Principle 1 support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and
Principle 2 make sure they are not complicit in human rights abuses.
The human rights section will enable your company to assess its human rights performance against international standards, conventions and agreements, and provide inspiration for continuous improvement.
The Global Compact Self Assessment Tool on Human Rights covers the following topics:
Health and Safety (Principle 1) Health and safety systems Protective equipment and training Hours, Wages and Leave (Principle 1) Non-harassment Employee privacy Employee grievance mechanisms
Impact assessment
Land and property
Security arrangements
Product Stewardship (Principle 1 and 2)
Country Risk (Principle 1 and 2)
About the Global Compact Self Assessment Tool on Human Rights
The Global Compact Self Assessment on Human Rights covers a broad range of human rights issues relevant to the majority of businesses. While all human rights can be impacted, positively or negatively, by business, the Global Compact Self Assessment tool does not aspire to cover the entire range of human rights issues that may apply to specific business operations. Instead the tool covers those human rights issues that the Danish Institute for Human Rights has found to be among the most relevant and challenging for businesses globally. The Danish Institute for Human Rights has also developed a more comprehensive tool, the Human Rights Compliance Assessment tool, which covers the full range of human rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). Please also refer to the Global Compact guide, Human Rights Translated, for an explanation of the entire range of human rights contained in the main international human rights instruments.
