A/HRC/21/21 business practice.6 At the country level, OHCHR, in some contexts, monitors and addresses the human rights impact of business activities, including by working to secure access of affected communities to effective remedies, and promotes dialogue among stakeholders.7 19. The Working Group has an explicit mandate to support efforts to disseminate and implement the Guiding Principles. Other special procedures mandate holders frequently address business-related human rights situations and topics, and several have applied the Guiding Principles and the Framework in their analyses. 8 Human rights treaty bodies are also increasingly addressing the impact of business enterprises through the lens of the treaty obligations of State parties.9 20. In addition to the initiatives described in paragraphs 12 to 16 above, other entities in the United Nations system also fulfil important relevant standard-setting and advocacy functions. In particular, the International Labour Organization (ILO) works with States, business enterprises and trade unions to promote and monitor the implementation of international labour standards that are part of the normative content of the Guiding Principles, together with other human rights standards. 21. The efforts of the Global Compact to promote business respect and support for human rights include such initiatives as the Women’s Empowerment Principles and a multi-stakeholder task force on business engagement with indigenous peoples in collaboration with the secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. 22. With regard to business activities in conflict-affected areas, the Security Council has addressed the issue of corporate respect for human rights, in particular through the due diligence guidelines for trade in mineral products from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, developed pursuant to resolution 1896 (2009) by the Group of Experts supporting the Sanctions Committee. B. Capacity-building and engagement 23. OHCHR is currently working to enhance capacity of its own staff in country and regional offices to address business and human rights issues, and has started to engage with Governments, civil society organizations, national human rights institutions 10 and business organizations and networks to advance awareness and implementation of the Guiding Principles.11 The Office also works closely with the Global Compact in its efforts to develop guidance material and tools for business on the implementation of the Guiding Principles. 12 24. Other entities, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and UNICEF, have started to integrate and carry out capacity-building on business and human rights and the Guiding Principles for both staff and other stakeholders. The Global 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6 See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Business/Pages/EventsStatements.aspx. See http://cambodia.ohchr.org/EN/PagesFiles/LandandHousingRights.htm.. For example, the special procedures mandates on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, the right to food, the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, indigenous peoples, the situation of human rights defenders, and the situation of human rights in Haiti and in Cambodia. General comment on child rights and Business by Committee on the Rights of the Child (forthcoming). See also E/C.12/2011/1. See for example www.ihrb.org/pdf/Uganda-Workshop-Final_Summary_Report.pdf. The OHCHR office in Cambodia issued the Guiding Principles translated into Khmer as part of efforts to promote the Principles at the national level. See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Business/Pages/Tools.aspx.