Nora Götzmann – showing respect for human rights in state-investor contracts: guidance and assessment tool for company negotiators

This post was contributed by Nora Götzmann, Advisor in the Human Rights and Business Department of the Danish Institute for Human Rights and Adjunct Fellow at the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland Respect for human rights, as envisaged by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, requires companies to exercise human rights due diligence across the project life-cycle. This includes early business development and contracting between a company and a host-state for an investment project (often called ‘host-government agreements’ or ‘state-investor contracts’)

Papua LNG human rights impact assessment

This summary report presents key findings and recommendations of a human rights impact assessment (HRIA) conducted for the Papua LNG Project (the Project) in March 2017. The report is structured into two parts. Part 1 comprises the introduction to the assessment and overview of the Project Area of Influence (PAOI). Part 2 presents a summary of the key findings and recommendations of the HRIA with regard to human rights due diligence and the three thematic areas: gender, security and conflict. A contextual overview is provided for each of the three thematic areas. The report was drafted in 2017 and reflects findings and recommendations at that time