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Towards a Coherent Policy Framework on Business and Human Rights: Challenges, gains, and lessons learned

26/06/2018

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2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Aquaculture
ASEAN
Economic growth
Gender mainstreaming
GRAISEA
Labour rights
Livelihoods
Smallholder agriculture
South-East Asia
Supply chains
Sustainability
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Women's economic empowerment

Overview

In 2015, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched a plan for economic integration across the region. However, in the absence of a coherent policy framework to regulate and govern private sector investment, this economic integration model risks exacerbating resource grabbing, excessively benefiting corporate interests, and adding to Asia’s rising inequalities. This case study […]

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