The Implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Brazil: A Critical Perspective

Abstract

Thispaperanalysestheprocess ofimplementing the UN framework of “Protect, Respect and Remedy”. First, itpresentsa historical overview of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and then it reflectson the repercussions in Brazil, based on the recommendations made after the visit of the UN Working Group in 2015. In 2018, the Brazilian government published a series of regulations, among them,a National Guideline on Human Rights and Business. Unfortunately, theadvances contained in the documentendup overshadowed by the fact that it was notcreatedin a participatory and transparent way, and by adopting an optional framework when dealing with corporate human rights responsibility, thus mitigating the obligations of respect for human rights by the companies.