The role of non-EU national human rights institutions in the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, with a focus on Eastern Partnership Countries

The analysis of individual NHRIs’ mandates in this study is focused on NHRIs from non-EU Eastern Partnership countries and complemented with an overview of the role the EU has already played and could play in the future, in providing support to them.

The study focuses on Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine and makes recommendations as to how the EU could support the NHRIs in their task to advance the understanding of and respect for human rights as they relate to business.