Business and Conflict Community of Practice
Business and Conflict
Community
Engage and Learn
The Business and Conflict: Community of Practice is a network of professionals from diverse institutions focused on promoting responsible business practices in conflict-affected areas.
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Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence for Business in Conflict-Affected Contexts: A Guide
Business and IHL
Australian Red Cross
UNDP
This resource offers guidance to businesses and other actors on how to meet their responsibilities to carry out a heightened version of human rights due diligence in conflict-affected areas.
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Security and Human Rights Hub
DCAF and ICRC
One stop shop for tools & guidance on security, human rights and business.
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Private Businesses and Armed Conflict: An Introduction to Relevant Rules of International Humanitarian Law
ICRC
This brochure explains why, when and how international humanitarian law (IHL) is relevant to private businesses. It is primarily intended for businesspeople, particularly corporate legal counsel and others in corporate compliance or human rights due diligence roles.
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Who we are
Members of the Business and Conflict Community contribute varied perspectives and expertise to the group. Having a shared community provides a basis for convening, exchange, coordination, and relationship building, strengthening the work of each community member and enabling a greater collective impact. Together, community members co-create research findings, policy and normative frameworks, and other building blocks towards a global conflict-sensitive business environment.
Vision
The vision for the community is to consolidate and mainstream work on business operations in conflict-affected areas within broader debates on business and human rights. In this endeavor, the objective of the community is to create a safer space for more frequent discussion, better information exchange, and more intentional relationships among professionals working at the intersection of business, human rights, and conflict.
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Members
The community of practice membership comprises practitioners including actors from international organizations, non-governmental organizations, law firms, academia, consulting agencies, and more. It stretches across 6 continents and examines a variety of subtopics within the domain of business and human rights in conflict. The community of practice also directly engages with companies and investors on topics of common interest.
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Activities
Current activities of the community of practice include (online) facilitated workshops, topical briefings, information exchange, and may expand into collaborative products. Community members drive the agenda.
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Each November, the community hosts an in-person workshop in Geneva on the sidelines of the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights.