A/HRC/41/43/Add.1 B. 1. Recommendations Government of Thailand 95. The Working Group encourages the Government: (a) To promote business respect for human rights through its public procurement and economic diplomacy, including in providing export credits and trade support for Thai companies involved in mega-projects in the ASEAN region; (b) To adopt a more holistic approach to sustainability impact assessments that include social and human rights dimensions and take into account sector-specific risks and differentiated impacts on vulnerable or marginalized groups; (c) To replicate and scale up measures taken in the fisheries sector to improve oversight of labour conditions in other sectors; (d) To enhance cross-border cooperation with ASEAN and other States to improve access to effective remedies in cases of a trans-border nature. 96. The Working Group recommends that the Government: (a) Operate special economic zones in accordance with the highest standards of corporate governance and with adequate consultation with the affected communities, ensuring that the establishment and administration of the zones is in line with the Guiding Principles; (b) Conduct in-depth baseline studies into possible high-risk sectors and require businesses to conduct and report on human rights due diligence in line with the Guiding Principles; (c) Implement training programmes to help empower migrant workers, in order for them to exercise their rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining; (d) Ratify the ILO Conventions on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, 1948 (No. 87) and on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining, 1949 (No. 98); (e) Continue and enhance the implementation of policies and programmes that aim to provide migrant workers with information regarding their rights and the complaint procedures available; this information should be made available in their native languages on their arrival in Thailand and through hotlines; (f) Review the legal basis of all business-related civil and criminal defamation cases to ensure that no strategic lawsuits against public participation are pending; (g) Develop guidelines and other measures for the protection of human rights defenders who raise concerns about abusive business practices; (h) Pay greater attention to the relationship ethnic minorities have with their land when conducting informed and meaningful consultations in accordance with the principle of free, prior and informed consent. 2. Business and industry associations 97. The Working Group recommends that industry associations and the Global Compact Network Thailand play a more robust role in disseminating the Guiding Principles and in promoting their implementation by their members carrying out effective human rights due diligence. 98. The Working Group recommends that closer attention be paid to the relationship between large companies and their supply chains, including outsourcing and subcontracting practices, and that businesses assume responsibility not only for adverse impact on human rights directly caused by their activities and operations, but 19