{"id":2917,"date":"2016-04-27T14:10:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T05:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2023-10-25T09:44:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T00:44:25","slug":"ise-shima-summit-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2016\/04\/27\/ise-shima-summit-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil society calls on G7 countries to renew commitment to business and human rights at Ise-Shima Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Human Rights Now, as a member of\u00a0Japan Civil Society Platform on 2016 G7 Ise-Shima Summit<\/a>, signed a joint statement “Civil society calls on G7 countries to renew commitment to business and human rights at Ise-Shima Summit”.\u00a0As of 15 April, 60 organisations signed on to the statement.<\/p>\n

G7 recommendations_responsible supply chains<\/a>\u3000[PDF]<\/p>\n

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Civil society calls on G7 countries to renew commitment to business and human rights at Ise-Shima Summit<\/b><\/p>\n

To the countries of the Group of Seven (G7):<\/p>\n

We, the undersigned representatives of civil society, are concerned that the forthcoming\u00a0G7 Summit at Ise-Shima, Japan, will fail to adequately address the grave human rights\u00a0violations and environmental destruction that continue throughout global supply chains.
\nEffective measures are needed urgently to ensure that supply chains deliver shared\u00a0prosperity for the workers and communities at their base, as well as environmental\u00a0sustainability, including implementation of the Paris COP agreement.<\/p>\n

Abuses such as child labour, forced labour, land grab, restrictions on labour unions and\u00a0harassment of human rights defenders, environmental damage, and poor working\u00a0conditions continue in plantations, fisheries, resource extraction and mining, factories,\u00a0and waste disposal sites throughout the global supply chains. Corruption often causes or\u00a0aggravates such abuses. Now more than ever, it is imperative that the private sector\u00a0minimise the negative impacts business activities have on society and the environment,\u00a0and bring about long term positive impacts.
\nThe 2015 G7 Summit at Schloss Elmau was ground-breaking in that G7 leaders for the\u00a0first time discussed such issues. They pledged to promote \u201cresponsible supply chains\u201d,\u00a0and strongly supported the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights\u00a0(UNGPs). The G7 leaders also stressed the need to increase transparency, the\u00a0identification and prevention of human rights risks, and the strengthening of grievance\u00a0mechanisms to promote better working conditions, and urged the private sector to\u00a0implement human rights due diligence. These commitments were made under the\u00a0leadership of Japan and Germany, as current and preceding G7 chair.<\/p>\n

We are concerned that, despite these commitments, and despite calls by civil society,\u00a0these issues have not been included in the proposed Ise-Shima agenda.<\/p>\n

We therefore call on the G7 governments, in particular Japan, the current chair, to take\u00a0the following actions:<\/p>\n

\u25cbEnsure that responsible supply chains are discussed in a meaningful manner at the\u00a0Ise-Shima Summit, and that the G7 takes measures towards full implementation of\u00a0the commitments that were made at Schloss Elmau. In particular, G7 countries\u00a0should require, by law, that companies implement human rights due diligence in\u00a0accordance with the highest international human rights and environmental\u00a0standards.<\/p>\n

\u25cbEnsure that the G7 Accountability Report evaluates fulfillment of the commitments\u00a0made at Elmau in 2015 on responsible supply chains.<\/p>\n

\u25cbHighlight the critical importance of transparency in supply chains, which facilitates\u00a0respect and protection for labor rights. The G7 should urge greater transparency on\u00a0the part of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs), while acknowledging those MNEs\u00a0that have taken steps in this direction.<\/p>\n

\u25cbImplement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by\u00a0developing substantive National Action Plans on the basis of meaningful\u00a0consultations with all stakeholders, including NGOs, trade unions, labor rights\u00a0groups, and organisations representing persons affected by business activities. In\u00a0particular, we urge those members of the G7 that have not yet started the process of\u00a0preparing a National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights \u2013 Canada and\u00a0Japan \u2013 to start do this without delay. A National Action Plan is particularly urgent\u00a0in the case of Japan, which will host the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic\u00a0Games.<\/p>\n

\u25cbStrengthen the system of National Contact Points (NCPs) for grievance redress by\u00a0making NCP peer reviews mandatory, providing adequate funds for such peer\u00a0reviews to NCPs and the OECD Secretariat, strengthening the structure of NCPs,\u00a0and revising the Procedural Guidance for NCPs.<\/p>\n

\u25cbAs the first G7 Summit with the advent of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable\u00a0Development, take effective measures to address the erosion of social protection of\u00a0workers and the risk of child labour in global supply chains, keeping with the\u00a0Elmau commitments and in line with Sustainable Development Goals 8.7 and 8.8.<\/p>\n

We look forward to action on these issues by the G7 countries. We believe that it is\u00a0crucial for G7 leaders to address responsible supply chains at the Ise-Shima Summit\u00a0and to ensure voices of the affected people and civil society are properly heard. In order\u00a0to do so, we urge the G7 countries to create, as a matter of urgency, a mechanism for\u00a0meaningful engagement with all relevant stakeholders including civil society including\u00a0the affected people, NGOs, international trade unions and labour rights groups, before,\u00a0during, and after G7 Summits.
\nRespectfully,<\/p>\n

Action Against Child Exploitation
\nAmnesty International Japan
\nAoyagi Coffee Factory
\nAsia-Japan Women’s Resource Center
\nAsian Health Institute
\nAsia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center
\nAssociation of German Development and Humanitarian Aid NGOs (VENRO).
\nBusiness & Human Rights Resource Centre
\nCaux Round Table \u2013 Japan
\nChristliche Initiative Romero
\nCitizens Environmental Foundation
\nCommunity-based Development Initiatives Center
\nCorA Network for Corporate Accountability
\nC-Rights
\nCSO Network Japan
\nCSR Review Forum
\nethical penelope Co.,Ltd
\nFair Trade Forum Japan
\nFairtrade Label Japan
\nFair Trade Nagoya Network
\nFairtrade Samasama
\nFo.KUS Konsum, Umwelt & Soziales
\nForum for Global Solidarity Tax (g-tax)
\nFriends of the Earth Japan
\nGegenStroemung\/CounterCurrent
\nGermanwatch
\nGlobal Poverty Project
\nGreenpeace
\nHuman Rights Now
\nHuman Rights Watch
\nHunger Free World
\nINKOTA-netzwerk e.V.
\nJapan International Volunteer Center
\nJapan NGO Center for International Cooperation
\nJAPAN TROPICAL FOREST ACTION NETWORK
\nJapan Youth Platform for Sustainability
\nKansai NGO Council
\nMekong Watch
\nNagoya NGO Center
\nNot For Sale Japan
\nOECD Watch
\nOT Watch Mongolia
\nOxfam Japan
\nPlan Japan
\nPrograma Laboral de Desarrollo (PLADES)
\nRainforest Action Network
\nRights of Immigrants Network in Kansai
\nSave the Children Japan
\nShapla Neer = Citizens’ Committee in Japan for Overseas Support
\nSHERPA
\nSolidarity Network with Migrants Japan
\nStop Mad Mining
\nThe International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism
\nTransparency International
\nTransparency International Germany
\nTransparency International Japan
\nUgoku Ugokasu (GCAP Japan)
\nWorld Vision Japan
\nWWF Japan
\nYokohama Action Research<\/p>\n

(April 15, 2016\uff09<\/p>\n

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