The Bureau of Democracy, Labor and Rights rounded out the consultation phase of its National Action Plan drafting with an Open Dialog in Washington, D.C. on April 16. With 225 registered attendees, it was the largest of the events, and with 9 government agencies in attendance, it may have offered the greatest opportunity for the diverse elements of U.S. government to achieve a unified vision of America’s role in ensuring that business respects human rights. Human Rights Watch’s Arvind Ganesan described it as a chance to “institutionalize” basic business and human rights principles like transparency.
We agree, and several of our recommendations to the U.S. government examine opportunities to increase transparency of corporate activities as they relate to an array of government agencies.
Our submission to the government is available at the link below, as well as on the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable‘s portal supporting the NAP: nationalactionplan.us.
