BSR

Human Rights and Anti-Corruption: Making the link more explicit

Written inputs to inform the Human Rights Council

This note provides written inputs on question 4 and question 5 of the call for inputs published by the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Business and Human Rights. It relates to the February 2020 multi-stakeholder consultation on connecting the business and human rights and anti-corruption agendas.

It was submitted to the Working Group by BSR, a global nonprofit organization that works with its network of more than 250 member companies to build a just and sustainable world.

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