A/HRC/38/48 Contents Page I. II. III. 2 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 A. Background, focus and rationale of the report ...................................................................... 3 B. Definition and objectives ...................................................................................................... 4 Trade and export promotion .......................................................................................................... 4 A. Respect for human rights as a requirement and condition of State support .......................... 4 B. Trade missions ...................................................................................................................... 5 C. Trade advocacy ..................................................................................................................... 6 D. Training and guidance for trade and embassy personnel and for businesses ........................ 7 Role of export credit agencies ....................................................................................................... 8 A. Examples of good practices among export credit agencies................................................... 13 B. Gaps in the OECD Common Approaches............................................................................. 14 C. Moving beyond the OECD export credit agencies ............................................................... 15 D. Export credit agencies and access to remedy ........................................................................ 16 E. Relationship between the human rights record of a company and future support by the State ........................................................................................................................... 16 IV. Import and export restrictions to prevent trade in goods with links to human rights abuses ......... 17 V. Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 18 A. Conclusions .......................................................................................................................... 18 B. Recommendations................................................................................................................. 19