Further Information

Instruments

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights  (click here to see the UDHR in over 337 languages) 
• The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Full list of the core international human rights instruments

Reports and other Documents

• Report to 11th session, UN Human Rights Council: "Business and human rights: Towards operationalizing the “ protect, respect and remedy” framework" 22 Apr 2009
• Final Report of the Secretary-General's Special Representative on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises 7 April 2008 (for the addenda and commentary on the report, see the Business and Human Rights Resource Center website)
• Report of the Secretary-General's Special Representative on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises 9 February 2007 (for the addenda and commentary on the report, see the Business and Human Rights Resource Center website)
• Interim Report of the Secretary-General's Special Representative on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises February 2006 (for multi-stakeholder commentary on the report, see the Business and Human Rights Resource Center website )
• Report of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Related Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights February 2005
• On Corporate Responsibilities for Human Rights - paper by the Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on the Global Compact April 2006
• List of UN Human Rights publications

Links

UN agencies

• Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
  The Global Compact Office partners with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on all its human rights work.

Non-governmental organizations

• Amnesty International
• Business and Human Rights Resource Center — Sign up for free weekly business and human rights email updates!
• Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights
  
• The Danish Institute for Human Rights
• The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights
  
• Human Rights First
• Human Rights Watch
• International Business Leaders Forum
• International Commission of Jurists
• International Federation for Human Rights
• Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative