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Unit 3: Human Rights Due Diligence
3.1 Concept and Importance of Due Diligence
The HRDD (the UNGP-17’s): the concept (the seeking-preventing-mitigating-accounting (the four-verbs (the process-not-the-outcome (the ongoing (the risk-based (the severity-prioritised (the victims-perspective (the not-the-company’s-risk (the people’s (the exam’s-HRDD-definition (the UNGP-17-core (the not-audit (the not-compliance (the exam’s-distinctions)))))))))))))))) — the importance (the Pillar-Two’s-heart (the 17 (the 22 (the independent (the no-corporate-capture (the exam’s-importance)))));
3.2 Steps in Conducting Human Rights Due Diligence: UNGPs (Principles 17-21)
The five-principles’-five-steps (the exam’s-numbered-core):
- The 17 (the assess-and-act): the policy-embedded (the commitment (the 17’s-condition (the 16 (the policy (the board-approved (the public (the who-to-hold (the exam’s-16-17-pair))))))));
- The 18 (the assess): the actual-and-potential (the scope (the own-and-the-linked (the children’s-and-the-vulnerable (the internal-and-the-external (the affected’s-engagement (the meaningful-consultation (the exam’s-18-test)))))));
- The 19 (the integrate-and-act): the findings’-response (the prevent-and-the-mitigate (the leverage (the 19’s-tool (the limited-leverage (the build (the exit-as-last (the responsible-disengagement (the exam’s-leverage-core))))))));
- The 20 (the track): the effectiveness’-monitor (the indicators (the feedback (the affected-again (the exam’s-20-loop))));
- The 21 (the communicate): the external (the report (the frequency-and-form (the audience (the public-expectation (the exam’s-21-face)))));
**The thresholds’-note (the proportionality (the 17’s-second (the size-and-the-severity (the SME-light (the Nepal-SMEs (the exam’s-proportionality)))))
3.3 Challenges and Best Practices
The challenges’ (the supply-chain-depth (the tier-3-invisible (the cost (the SME-burden (the data (the affected-engagement-hard (the language-and-the-power (the consultation-washing (the box-ticking (the greenwashing-adjacent (the rights-washing (the exam’s-critique)))))))))); the best’ (the sector-collaborations (the collective (the Industry (the initiatives (the standards (the Reporting-Framework-2015 (the UNGPs’-own (the tools (the OECD-Guidance-2018 (the sector-guides (the exam’s-best-menu))))))))) — the mandatory-turn (the CSDDD-2024 (the France-2017 (the Germany-2021 (the Norway-2021 (the mosaic (the Brussels-effect (the exam’s-trend-again (the Nepal (the NAP’s-HRDD-chapter (the 2075-Act’s-adjacent (the exam’s-Nepal-anchor)))))))))
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