A/HRC/11/32 page 16 protection for those in the informal sector living in extreme poverty.24 Furthermore, Arne Tostensen and the 2008 NGO Consultation indicated a need for more consistent reference to ILO labour Conventions, and State obligations on the right to employment. D. Section 3 State obligations and international cooperation 55. The independent expert on human rights and extreme poverty and Wouter Vandenhole noted that the subsection on international cooperation should be solidly grounded in the authoritative interpretation provided by the United Nations human rights treaty bodies and should draw on the body of scholarly work built up in this area. Attention was drawn to article 2.1 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights general comments 3 and 4, and relevant concluding observations of treaty bodies. Duties and responsibilities of public and private entities in combating poverty 56. The independent expert on human rights and extreme poverty suggested that the subsection on duties and responsibility of public and private entities in combating poverty be entitled “Duties of non-State actors”. She highlighted that the draft guiding principles currently overlook the issue of responsibilities of national and transnational business enterprises. Although international human rights law traditionally binds States rather than corporations or business enterprises, there is growing evidence that international law in this area is moving to close this legal loophole and address issues of corporate behaviour and responsibility. The draft guiding principles have a role to play in providing suggestions as to how States can and should regulate when it comes to abuse by business enterprises. 57. She suggested that the draft guiding principles be rephrased so as to take into account doctrinal developments on the responsibility of companies and international organizations, among others, in their application to the issue of extreme poverty. III. DISCUSSION ON THE WAY FORWARD 58. A discussion on the way forward with a view to adopting guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights took place at the final session of the seminar. The Government of France, in its role as one of the co-sponsoring countries of resolution 7/27, proposed that the Human Rights Campaign mandate the independent expert on the question of extreme poverty and human rights to carry out a revision of the draft guiding principles, which would take into consideration the results of the consultations undertaken so far and the conclusions of the seminar. The independent expert could also decide to undertake additional final consultations, in 24 2008 NGO Consultation and David Gordon.