UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/11/13 22 April 2009 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eleventh session Agenda item 3 PROMOTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT Business and human rights: Towards operationalizing the “protect, respect and remedy” framework Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises* Summary This report recapitulates the key features of the “protect, respect and remedy” framework and outlines the strategic directions of the Special Representative’s work streams to date in operationalizing the framework. * This report has been submitted late in order to include the most up-to-date information. GE.09-12888 (E) 270409