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States and non-State-based grievance mechanisms
In recent years, there has been a considerable increase in attention paid to the benefits and pitfalls of using non-State-based grievance mechanisms as an avenue to seek remedy for business-related human rights abuse. Recent reports on operational-level grievance mechanisms (e.g., the 2019 International Commission of Jurists report) evidence this, though there have also been a number of recent initiatives focusing on other types of non-State-based grievance mechanisms, such as those of multi-stakeholder initiatives or development finance institutions. At the United Nations level, the leading effort aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of such mechanisms is through the third phase of the Accountability and Remedy Project (ARP III) of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).…
