Summary

In the present report, the Working Group takes stock of the first decade of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework (UNGPs). The report notes that the UNGPs have provided a ground-breaking common platform for action, but also that the pace of implementation by States and businesses needs to urgently increase over the next decade to realize the vision of responsible business that contributes to a sustainable future for all.

Watch video statements from Government and UN leaders to mark the 10th anniversary of the UNGPs.

Related documents

• Reader-friendly version of the UNGPs 10+ stocktaking ( English | Español)
• Executive summary (English)
• Addendum report: Taking stock of UNGPs implementation by institutional investors (English)
• Executive summary of the institutional investors report (English)
• General call for input (closed): English | French | Spanish
• Call for Governments inputs (closed): English | French | Spanish
• UNGPs 10+ related events and consultation summary notes
• UNGPs 10+ project page

Methodology

During 2020-21, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights has been undertaking a project to assess the first ten years of implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and chart a course for action in the decade ahead.

To help inform the UNGPs 10+ project, the Working Group carried out wide-ranging stakeholder consultations and invited interested parties to provide written inputs. These consultations and written submissions provided valuable stakeholder analysis, supporting the Working Group’s stocktaking of progress and challenges to date and recommendations for how to increase the pace of implementation toward 2030.

The Working Group’s stocktaking was presented to the Human Rights Council in June 2021, during the anniversary month of the UNGPs. The “roadmap for the next decade” of implementation will be launched in October 2021.