17. The Committee is concerned about the negative impact on children's rights of some of the activities conducted by business enterprises, in particular in the mining and tourism sectors.
18. In light of its general comment No. 16 (2013) on State obligations regarding the impact of the business sector on children's rights, the Committee recommends that the State party...(a) Examine and adapt its legislative framework to ensure the legal accountability of business enterprises and their subsidiaries operating in or managed from the State party´s territory, especially in the mining and tourism sectors, regarding violations of children’s rights; (b) Require companies to undertake assessments, consultations and full public disclosure of the environmental, health-related and human rights impacts of their business activities and their plans to address such impacts; (c) Establish monitoring mechanisms for the investigation and redress of such abuses, with a view to improving accountability, transparency and the prevention of violations.
Year | 2015 |
Topic | Food policy Tobacco control |
Document Type | Country Recommendations |
Country | Colombia |
Policy Area | Industry interference |
Human Rights Comiteee | CRC |
Human Rights | Business and human rights |
Groups Affected | Children and adolescents |
Committee on the Rights of the Child, Concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Colombia, CRC/C/COL/CO/4-5, (2015). Par. 17; 18 (a-c). Available at: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRC%2fC%2fCOL%2fCO%2f4-5&Lang=en