A/HRC/8/16 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 1-4 3 II. SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AND BEYOND ....................................... 5 - 25 3 A. Origins and current usage of sphere of influence ........................ 7-9 4 B. Limitations of the concept for today’s business and human rights agenda .................................................................... 10 - 18 5 C. The scope of due diligence .......................................................... 19 - 22 6 D. Summing up................................................................................. 23 - 25 8 III. THE IMPLICATIONS OF COMPLICITY .......................................... 26 - 72 8 A. Introducing the concept ............................................................... 29 - 32 9 B. Guidance from law....................................................................... 33 - 53 10 C. Social expectations that companies avoid complicity ................. 54 - 69 16 D. Summing up................................................................................. 70 - 72 21