A/HRC/44/43/Add.1 (l) Ensure that businesses operating in free industrial zones respect human rights, including through effective human rights due diligence processes, and develop effective oversight systems for the enforcement of human rights requirements in free industrial zones; (m) Improve access to judicial and non-judicial remedies by removing barriers outlined in the present report; (n) Raise awareness about the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the chapter on business and human rights of the national action plan among civil servants, judiciary and lawmakers, and build their capacity to deliver on their respective obligations to prevent, investigate, punish and redress businessrelated human rights abuses. 100. The Working Group recommends that businesses and industry associations: (a) Play a more robust role, in collaboration with the Global Compact Network Georgia, in disseminating the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and in promoting their implementation, including by supporting their members in carrying out effective human rights due diligence; (b) Strengthen awareness among businesses of their independent responsibility to respect human rights, including under the regime of occupational safety and health to protect the life and health of workers. This should be complemented by training programmes and information for workers to prevent the risk of accidents; (c) Adopt a gender perspective when conducting impact assessments and designing operational-level grievance mechanisms, based on the Working Group’s gender guidance for the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; (d) Establish effective grievance mechanisms to provide remedies to affected individuals and communities in line with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Such mechanisms should not preclude access to judicial remedies. 101. The Working Group recommends that civil society organizations continue to: (a) Raise awareness about the respective duties and responsibilities of the State and businesses under the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; (b) Document cases of human rights abuses, in particular those committed against individuals and communities in vulnerable situations in all appropriate national, regional and international forums, and to facilitate access to judicial and non-judicial remedial mechanisms, including operational-level grievance mechanisms; (c) Contribute to and engage in any ongoing or future initiatives aimed at strengthening existing legal and policy frameworks on business and human rights, and facilitate the equal participation of all stakeholders in these initiatives. 20

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