UN Forum series – how does progress look like in business and human rights?

This post was contributed by Martijn Scheltema, partner at Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn and professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The 2015 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights will focus on tracking progress in (effective) implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). This represents a significant opportunity to simultaneously improve the effectiveness of the UNGPs with respect to two important areas: human rights due diligence and access to remedy.