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Reporting against the UN Global Compact: Human rights

Support for fundamental human rights is in our General Business Principles and an integral part of how we operate. We believe that companies have a role to play in upholding and promoting human rights. This can be done in practical ways directly related to their business activities, and in supporting governments' efforts to improve their human rights performance.

Principle 1: Support and respect the protection of international human rights within their sphere of influence

We explain our approach to protecting human rights, and the efforts we are undertaking, in the human rights section of this website and in our 2008 Sustainability Report - opens in new window.

Principle 2: Business should make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses

To help staff understand issues around human rights we have developed "Human Rights Dilemmas" for Shell Managers to supplement the "Business and Human Rights" primer :

Human Rights Dilemmas (PDF, 246 KB) - opens in new window

Business and Human Rights primer (PDF, 427 KB) - opens in new window

We have started using human rights compliance assessments tools from a leading international human rights institute.