Spain and Chile Launch National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights

Spain and Chile have approved National Action Plans (NAPs) on business and human rights. In doing so, they join a number of countries – France, Germany, Switzerland and the United States most recently – that have more clearly defined their commitments to the UN Guiding Principles (UNGPs) and prepared the ground for potential, downstream national laws and regulations in the field. Here, we highlight key developments from some recently released NAPs for the business community.