The Implementation of Business and Human Rights Principles to Palm Oil Companies in Aceh Province

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210506.032How to use a DOI?

Keywords

business and human rights, palm oil company

Abstract

Since 2011, the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) have been endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council, and Indonesia has also agreed to implement the guide by issuing the “Principles of Business and Human Rights”. This guide was prepared with concerns about business practices that are increasingly widespread and have the potential to worsen communities and environmental conditions. In this principle, in addition to pursuing profit, the business activities should be an effort for the welfare of every individual without discrimination, not hurting and not causing harm. However, currently, Business and Human Rights Principles have not been implemented properly by companies, especially plantation companies. This study aims to examine the implementation of the principles by palm oil companies in Aceh Province and to find out the government’s efforts to ensure the implementation of the 3 pillars of the business and human rights principles. This is a qualitative research with an empirical juridical approach. The results show that palm oil companies have not applied the principles of business and human rights in running their business. The various policies issued by the company have not explicitly regulated the principles, both in the pillar of respect and the pillar of recovery. The local government has not made specific efforts to ensure companies implement these principles. In addition, it is recommended that companies begin to formulate policies that firmly incorporate business and human rights principles and the government must supervise and develop companies that run business in Aceh province, especially palm oil companies, to apply business and human rights principles in carrying out their business.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Khairani Arifin
AU  - Safrina Safrina
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/08
TI  - The Implementation of Business and Human Rights Principles to Palm Oil Companies in Aceh Province
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Law and Human Rights 2020 (ICLHR 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 230
EP  - 240
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210506.032
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210506.032
ID  - Arifin2021
ER  -