The three pillars of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: A non-binding international contract on the State duty to protect human rights, the corporate responsibility to respect human rights and access to remedy for victims of abuse

Abstract

This paper will discuss the importance of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights1 (UN Guiding Principles) violations and access to remedy for victims. Communities and individuals across the globe are adversely affected by activities of multinational corporations, this is due to a multitude of obstacles that are hindering the process of bringing multinational companies before judicial mechanisms. The major obstacles will be discussed in the following writing along with how they can be overcome.