Towards a Philippine National Action Plan for the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

This document has been prepared to provide an overview and relevance of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs BHR) in the context of the Philippines. It also summarizes the major issues and recommendations from the National Dialogue on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights organized by ANGOC, Joint Action for Land Rights (JALR), KPA, and ILC last 10 January 2018 at University Hotel, UP, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. This national dialogue is a follow-up to the Southeast Asia Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights jointly organized by ANGOC, KPA and ILC last 20 October 2017 in Verjandel Hotel, Quezon City, Philippines.

Founded in 1979, ANGOC is a regional association of national and regional networks of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia, actively engaged in food security, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture, participatory governance, and rural development.