A/HRC/8/5 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page 1-9 3 PROTECT, RESPECT AND REMEDY ........................................... 10 - 26 5 A. The challenge ............................................................................. 11 - 16 5 B. The framework ........................................................................... 17 - 26 6 THE STATE DUTY TO PROTECT ................................................. 27 - 50 9 A. Corporate culture ....................................................................... 29 - 32 10 B. Policy alignment ........................................................................ 33 - 42 11 C. The international level ............................................................... 43 - 46 13 D. Conflict zones ............................................................................ 47 - 49 13 E. Summing up ............................................................................... 50 14 THE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT ................. 51 - 81 14 A. Respecting rights ....................................................................... 54 - 55 16 B. Due diligence ............................................................................. 56 - 64 17 C. Sphere of influence .................................................................... 65 - 72 19 D. Complicity ................................................................................. 73 - 81 20 ACCESS TO REMEDIES ................................................................. 82 - 103 22 A. Judicial mechanisms .................................................................. 88 - 91 23 B. Non-judicial grievance mechanisms .......................................... 92 24 C. Company-level grievance mechanisms ..................................... 93 - 95 24 D. State-based non-judicial mechanisms ........................................ 96 - 99 25 E. Multi-stakeholder or industry initiatives and financiers ............ 100 - 101 26 F. Gaps in access ............................................................................ 102 - 103 27 CONCLUSION .................................................................................. 104 - 107 27 Introduction .................................................................................................... I. II. III. IV. V.