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Note: This response was originally submitted in French. Unofficial English translation provided by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.
¿Su gobierno ha adoptado alguna iniciativa para reducir los impactos negativos de las empresas en los derechos humanos que usted considere particularmente exitosa? Por favor indique uno o más ejemplos al respecto.
Yes, the government has taken initiatives in relation to human rights and business.
These are reflected in the Guinean constitution, particularly freedom of initiative, freedom of enterprise and the right to safe, peaceful enjoyment of one's property.
In addition, the private sector is organized on the basis of of free will, made up of employers, the Chamber of Commerce and, in short, non-governmental organizations of non-state actors.
On-going dialogue and periodic consultations are organised between the government and private sector businesses, trade unions and the Economic and Social Council to reflect on all the issues concerning investment in human capital, business, technology, the environment and energy sources.
¿Qué departamento o departamentos tienen una responsabilidad significativa respecto a las empresas y los derechos humanos dentro de su gobierno?
To further bolster human rights, the government has set up the Ministry of Human Rights, which is linked to the Ministry of Justice.
The departments that gravitate around this policy of promoting human rights include the General Inspectorate of Labour, Health and Safety at Work, the Agency for the Promotion of Private Investment, the Economic and Social Council, the Office for Business Product Quality Protection, employers, the Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Agriculture, etc.
¿Su gobierno ha promovido nuevas iniciativas en el tema de empresas y derechos humanos, o ha fortalecido las ya existentes, desde la aprobación de los Principios Rectores de las Naciones Unidas en junio de 2011?
Yes, the government has taken initiatives relating to those Principles, particularly with regard to environmental protection and company financing of basic infrastructures for the local communities (roads, health centres, schools, markets, cemeteries).
¿Cuáles son los cinco principales temas de derechos humanos en los que las pueden tener impacto, sobre los que su gobierno ha tomado medidas?
The government has taken several legislative and regulatory measures that take into account all the issues listed.
The eight identified priority issues which have been adequately addressed are:
- Health (including environmental health, workplace health & safety)
- Forced labour and human trafficking
- Discrimination
- Other core labour rights (including freedom of association and trade union rights)
- Land rights and displacement
- Freedom of expression and the right to privacy
- Abuses linked to security for company operations (e.g. torture & ill-treatment)
- Women's rights
Medidas en materia de salud
The government has set up a specific department responsible for issues relating to workplace health and safety. It oversees health and safety in the business environment and is the first line of response for employees. Guinea has ratified all the conventions and treaties of the International Labour Office (ILO). Implementation of these guidelines has been reviewed in a report prepared by Guinea and submitted to the ILO.
Medidas en materia de derechos del trabajo (includa la libertad de asociación)
Trade unionism and trade unions are free in Guinea. They are part of the nation’s political forces and contribute greatly to workers' emancipation, particularly with regard to their safety, protection and to the improvement of their quality of life.
Medidas en materia de derechos sobre las tierras y desplazamiento
As Guinea is a mining country, population displacements are common, dictated by which deposits are to be worked. However, these displacements comply with international standards, which take into account the principles of human rights.
Medidas en materia de mujeres
The government has begun to bolster gender policy in the business sector that makes women’s participation in decision-making compulsory.
¿Su gobierno ha adoptado un Plan de Acción Nacional sobre las empresas y los derechos humanos como lo recomienda el Consejo de los Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas y el Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Cuestión de los derechos humanos y las empresas transnacionales y otras empresas, o lo hará en el futuro?
No, the government has not taken any action in this respect. However, the National Agency for the Promotion of Good Governance and the Fight Against Corruption (ANLC) has initiated a plan to raise awareness of the Global Compact, which takes into account corporate social responsibility (CSR).
The introduction of an action plan to implement the principles set forth in the United Nations Global Compact is envisaged and will require capacity-building and the transfer of skills and knowledge linked to the issue in order to achieve the objective.
Si su gobierno ha adoptado un Plan Nacional de Acción o está planeando adoptar uno, por favor destaque si hace referencia a las normas internacionales de derechos humanos y si se adoptaron bajo consulta con las partes interesadas y afectadas.
Within the framework of private sector capacity-building, in order to achieve a satisfactory rate of growth, the government envisages measures that incorporate human rights standards and take into account the United Nations Global Compact, with participation by means of structural dialogue with all stakeholders in and around business.
To achieve this objective, expertise is needed at all levels of its implementation.
¿Qué pasos se han dado para desarrollar nuevos mecanismos de reparación judiciales o administrativos o para limitar los obstáculos que presentan actualmente los mecanismos de reparación para las víctimas?
Access to remedies is free in Guinea. Priority is attached to two main types of remedy in this respect: administrative remedy and judicial remedy.
Other forms of conflict settlement are also envisaged, including arbitration, concerted dialogue and participatory dialogue.
Generally, several strategies are implemented to facilitate access to conflict settlement institutions and judicial institutions, including inspection.
The measures for removing barriers to remedies include (without being limited to):
- Drafting a justice reform document;
- Redefining the mapping of the justice sector with a view to facilitating access;
- Improving the living and working environments of magistrates;
- Setting up paralegal clinics with a view to protecting women from violence and harassment at work and facilitating recourse to these institutions to assert their rights.
¿Qué pasos se han dado para desarrollar mecanismos extrajudiciales, mejorar los mecanismos actuales, y reducir los obstáculos para las víctimas?
With the support of the UNDP, the government has started the process of reforming the defence and security forces. As part of the same programme, it has begun the process of peacebuilding and bolstering national unity, in which it has defined mechanisms for transitional justice applicable to settling conflicts and remedy for citizens.
On the administrative side, several mechanisms are available, including the Complaints Office and the National Agency for the Promotion of Good Governance and the Fight Against Corruption (ANLC) freephone number.
Para las empresas que tengan casa matriz en su país o sus subsidiarias ¿su gobierno ha dado pasos para mejorar la rendición de cuentas sobre el impacto en derechos humanos en el exterior?
Yes, the government has created a framework for foreign direct investment in the Guinean economy in the form of a law and implementing decree which set out all the obligations and rights linked to this issue.
¿Qué tipo de apoyo, si lo hay, su gobierno acogería con agrado como apoyo a sus acciones para mejorar el impacto que tienen las empresas sobre los derechos humanos?
- Speeding up and intensifying the training of managers in business and human rights;
- Promoting the United Nations Global Compact and corporate responsibility;
- Helping Guinea prepare its national business and human rights strategy;
- Identifying and obtaining additional resources that help citizens obtain redress (e.g. paying the services of a lawyer or counsel).
Por favor, comparta con nosotros cualquier comentario adicional, incluyendo ideas sobre formas de colaboración futuras y aprendizaje compartido para promover el tema de las empresas y los derechos humanos.
The Guinean government would like a stronger partnership with your institution in this new domain, which is now at the heart of the public-private partnership with regard to both direct investment and companies’ responsibility to their (political, economic, social and cultural) setting.
This partnership could be in the area of training, knowledge and know-how, transfers of knowledge and skills and/or institutional and structural capacity building of public and private institutions, including the non-governmental actors involved in business and human rights.