What Can National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights Do for Women's Rights?

Feb 27, 2020 | Nora Götzmann and Wangui Kimotho
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National action plans (NAPs) are currently applied by states as one of the key policy tools for the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) at the national level. To facilitate the implementation of the UNGPs, which were unanimously endorsed by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2011, states have been called upon—by the Human Rights Council and the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, as well as by actors at the regional level, such as the European Union and the Organization of American States—to develop NAPs. It is estimated that 23 countries globally have published NAPs and dozens more are in the process of developing one or have non-state initiatives in place to contribute to NAP development.