The Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises visited Argentina from 16 to 28 February 2023.
The Working Group was encouraged by the Government’s commitments to making progress in the area of business and human rights and noted that there is robust legislation relevant to the protection of human rights and the environment in the context of business activities in the country. It welcomed the Government’s efforts to develop a national action plan on business and human rights. However, it identified significant challenges relating to the lack of policy coherence for enforcing certain rights, shortcomings in the effective implementation of existing regulations and the disconnect between work in the human rights sphere and that of other entities that regulate the economy. The negative impacts identified had most obviously affected workers and Indigenous Peoples and communities and were most evident in the extractive and agro-industry sectors. They were exacerbated by difficulties in obtaining access to effective redress mechanisms.
The present report contains, inter alia, the conclusions and recommendations that the Working Group has prepared for the Government of Argentina.