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

In June 2015 ICAR published the Pillar III 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 this section of the Shadow NBA, we have 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 III of the Shadow NBA.

Pillar III of the Shadow NBA, on access to remedy, is available here. 

A separate document with the Pillar III Recommendations only is available here.

Together with Pillar I 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.