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Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement: Practical guidance for companies in the agriculture and food manufacturing sector – A roadmap for centring workers and communities in your human rights and environmental due diligence

20/05/2026

6 documents

119 pages long

Languages: English

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This practical guidance helps companies in the agriculture and food manufacturing sector strengthen Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement (MSE) as part of human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD). MSE the process of engaging workers, farmers, communities, and other stakeholders in genuine, safe, and ongoing dialogue so their perspectives shape company decisions and outcomes. In complex, high-risk […]

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Briefing paper

Innovative Pathways: When and how to use alternative approaches to Human Rights Impact Assessments

21/02/2025

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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Human rights violations are widespread across global supply chains, with companies increasingly exposed to risks like forced labor and environmental degradation. While audits and certifications have proven insufficient in preventing such abuses, a more robust approach is necessary. A Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) is an essential tool that helps businesses identify and assess human […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Human Rights Impact Assessment Framework

26/05/2023

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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Companies are increasingly engaging in Human Rights Impact Assessments (HRIAs). To assess the quality of company-commissioned HRIAs, Oxfam has developed criteria that cover both process and content. They are key to ensuring that the research captures all relevant adverse risks to human rights, to support companies in understanding how their practices have an impact on […]

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Briefing paper

Threats to Human Rights Defenders: Six ways companies should respond

20/04/2023

2 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper details how companies should respond to the growing number of threats facing human rights defenders, offering six key recommendations. It offers a definition of human rights defenders, an introduction to the threats they face and an overview of the existing normative framework for the protection of defenders. While this paper is not a […]

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Research report

Empty Promises Down the Line? A Human Rights Impact Assessment of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline

10/09/2020

2 documents

109 pages long

Languages: English

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This community based human rights impact assessment highlights the social, environmental, cultural, and human rights risks of the East African Crude Oil pipeline for communities located along the proposed pipeline corridor in Uganda and Tanzania. Co-researched and produced by Global Rights Alert (“GRA”), Civic Response on Environment and Development (“CRED”), Northern Coalition for Extractives and […]

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Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement: Practical guidance for companies in the agriculture and food manufacturing sector – A roadmap for centring workers and communities in your human rights and environmental due diligence

Innovative Pathways: When and how to use alternative approaches to Human Rights Impact Assessments

Human Rights Impact Assessment Framework

Threats to Human Rights Defenders: Six ways companies should respond

Empty Promises Down the Line? A Human Rights Impact Assessment of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline