الجهة المسؤولة عن الرد: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
هل اتخذت حكومتك أية مبادرات كان لها نتائج ناجحة ، على مسار الحد من الآثار السلبية للشركات على حقوق الإنسان؟ يُرجى عرض مثال واحد أو أكثر.
The Government of the Republic of Slovenia has taken the following steps to reduce companies negative impact on Human Rights, that we consider particularly successful:
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MfA) translated the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights into Slovene (December 2013) and posted them on its internet site.
- The MfA organized a multi-stakeholder Forum on Business and Human Rights in Ljubljana, December 10th, 2013. The Forum was attended by representatives from different stakeholders – line ministries, the Parliament, the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce, trade unions, businesses, media and academia.
- The UN Guiding Principles were presented at the Forum (by the director of the UN Information Service) as was good practice in devising the Dutch national action plan. A representative of the MfA presented the UN Guiding Principles at the conference on social responsibility organized by the Slovene NGO IRDO Institute, in March 2014.
ما هي الإدارة أو الإدارات التي تتولى المسؤولية فيما يخص الأعمال التجارية وحقوق الإنسان في حكومتك؟
Within Slovenian Government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs has leading and coordinative role for business and human rights. Coherence is assured by involving all relevant stakeholders, ministries and NGOs.
هل قامت حكومتك بأفعال جديدة على مسار الأعمال التجارية وحقوق الإنسان من بعد مبادئ الأمم المتحدة التوجيهية؟
In order to develop a national action plan on business and human rights in May 2014, the Inter-Ministerial Commission on Human Rights formed a subcommittee (Expert Subcommittee for the Preparation of National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights). Members of the subcommittee are line ministries (Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Ministry of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning, Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Health) as well as representatives of non-governmental organizations and academic sphere. The Office of the Ombudsperson has a standing invitation. The Inter-Ministerial Commission on Human Rights is led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
هل اعتمدت حكومتك خطة عمل وطنية بشأن الأعمال التجارية وحقوق الإنسان بحسب توجيهات مجلس حقوق الإنسان التابع للأمم المتحدة والفريق العامل المعني بالأعمال التجارية وحقوق الإنسان بالأمم المتحدة؟ أو أنها سوف تقوم بذلك؟
The exact timeframe of the preparation of national action plan on business and human rights is not established yet, the first phase is planned to be concluded by spring 2015.
ما التدابير التي اتخذتها حكومتك لتحسين سبل الانتصاف غير القضائية؟
The Slovenian National Contact Point (NCP) is located at the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology of Slovenia as an integral part of the Directorate for Tourism and Internationalization.
The NCP is an instrument of promotion and guarantee that multinational enterprises everywhere are familiar with the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; that they follow them and, if possible; that they adopt their own internal value system, also in the field of human rights. The NCP is also a kind of a mediation body for addressing received notifications of violations of the guidelines (also in the field of human rights).
A leaflet in Slovene language was made to raise awareness of the OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises and Slovene NCP. Many promotional activities were made to promote this grievance mechanism also in the field of human rights.
ما العوامل التي تعيق قدرة حكومتك على اتخاذ تدابير تخص الأعمال التجارية وحقوق الإنسان؟
Most important factors are:
- Lack of understanding or awareness of business & human rights in government
- Challenges of coordinating across government departments
Significant factors are:
- Lack of resources for enforcement, monitoring and prosecution
Minor factors are:
- Opposition or lack of consensus within government
- Concern about deterring foreign investment