ICAR Shadow U.S. National Baseline Assessment - Pillar I

In March 2015 ICAR published the Pillar I section of its "Shadow" National Baseline Assessment (NBA) of U.S. implementation of business and human rights frameworks, including the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Alongside the release of the NBA, ICAR has also developed a set of 110 recommendations, organized by government entity, for the U.S. government to consider in shaping the content of the U.S. National Action Plan (NAP) on Responsible Business Conduct. These recommendations directly draw from the protection and enforcement gaps identified in Pillar I of the Shadow NBA.

Pillar I of the shadow NBA is available here.

A separate document with the Pillar I recommendations only is available here.

Together with Pillar III of the Shadow NBA, these documents represent one of the most exhaustive studies of the various U.S. laws, policies, regulations, and standards that pertain to business and human rights at the national level.