A/HRC/29/39 II. Accountability and remedy project A. Overview of project components 13. The accountability and remedy project comprises six distinct but interrelated components. Each component has been chosen based on issues identified in research and consultations as requiring further clarification in terms of policy and principles. The components have also been selected for their strategic value and the potential they have to result in outcomes that can make a practical difference for affected stakeholders in the short-to-medium term. Each component is distinct and has its own methodology, but is linked in important ways to the others. In all cases, the methodology is based on inclusive multi-stakeholder and expert inputs and consultations. The six project components are the following: (a) Project component 1, on domestic law tests for corporate accountability. This component will clarify how different domestic legal systems attribute and assess corporate legal liability for serious human rights abuses. It will identify good practices to guide States in deciding which factors need to be taken into account in assessing corporate liability in cases of alleged involvement in serious human rights abuses. Information will be gathered primarily through the global online consultation and the detailed comparative process described below (see sect. II.B); (b) Project component 2, on the roles and responsibilities of interested States. This component will explore State practices and attitudes with respect to the appropriate use of extraterritorial jurisdiction and domestic measures with extraterritorial implications. It will identify good practices to guide States in managing cross-border cases and explore possible models of international and bilateral cooperation. Analyses will primarily take place through face-to-face work with government representatives, which will be complemented by multi-stakeholder consultations and discussions. Preparatory studies of State practice have been carried out in relation to labour rights issues and current State practices and attitudes with respect to the use of extraterritorial jurisdiction, examples of which are provided through amicus curiae briefs by sovereign States in cases involving the alien tort statute in the courts of the United States of America. The findings of these preparatory studies will be used to inform future work and discussions (see sects. III.B-C); (c) Project component 3, on overcoming financial obstacles to legal claims. This component will look at strategies and practices to assist claimants who would otherwise be prevented from accessing judicial mechanisms owing to legal costs, and result in guidance on “minimum steps” and “good-practice options” for States. Information will be gathered primarily through the global online consultation and the detailed comparative process described below (see sect. II.B). To complement these processes, OHCHR has also conducted a review of recent comparative research in relation to the costs of bringing legal claims under private law (see sect. III); (d) Project component 4, on criminal sanctions. This component will survey current and emerging State practice in relation to criminal sanctioning of corporations for serious human rights abuses and identify “good-practice models” for States, taking into account innovations from other areas of criminal law. Information will be gathered primarily through the global online consultation and the detailed comparative process described below (see sect. II.B); (e) Project component 5, on civil law remedies. This component will survey current and emerging State practice in relation to civil law (private law) damages in cases of serious corporate human rights harm, explore the role of domestic judicial mechanisms in relation to the supervision and implementation of settlements and awards, and identify 6