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# XI.L. Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights

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# **Sectors**

The contributors of the *AI & Human Rights Index* have identified the following sectors as responsible for both using AI to protect and advance this human right.

- [BUS: Business Sectors](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/sectors/)
- [FIN: Financial Services](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/sectors/)
- [GOV: Government and Public Sector](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/sectors/)
- [INTL: International Organizations and Relations](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/sectors/)
- [LAW: Legal and Law Enforcement](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/sectors/)
- [REG: Regulatory and Oversight Bodies](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/sectors/)
- [WORK: Employment & Labor](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index/sectors/)

# AI’s Potential Violations

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# AI’s Potential Benefits

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# Human Rights Instruments

## U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (2011)

H.R.C. Res. 17/4, [Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework](https://documents.un.org/doc/resolution/gen/g11/144/71/pdf/g1114471.pdf), U.N. Doc. A/HRC/RES/17/4 (June 16, 2011)

II. THE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS

A. FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES

> 11. Business enterprises should respect human rights. This means that they should avoid infringing on the human rights of others and should address adverse human rights impacts with which they are involved.
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> The responsibility to respect human rights is a global standard of expected conduct for all business enterprises wherever they operate. It exists independently of States’ abilities and/or willingness to fulfil their own human rights obligations, and does not diminish those obligations. And it exists over and above compliance with national laws and regulations protecting human rights.
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> Addressing adverse human rights impacts requires taking adequate measures for their prevention, mitigation and, where appropriate, remediation.
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> Business enterprises may undertake other commitments or activities to support and promote human rights, which may contribute to the enjoyment of rights. But this does not offset a failure to respect human rights throughout their operations.
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> Business enterprises should not undermine States’ abilities to meet their own human rights obligations, including by actions that might weaken the integrity of judicial processes.

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**Last Updated:**  April 29, 2025

**Research Assistant:**  Laiba Mehmood

**Contributor:**  To Be Determined

**Reviewer:**  Laiba Mehmood

**Editor:**  Caitlin Corrigan

**Subject:**  Human Right

**Edition:**  Edition 1.0 Research

**Recommended Citation:**  "XI.L. Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights, Edition 1.0 Research." In *[AI & Human Rights Index](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index)*, edited by Nathan C. Walker, Dirk Brand, Caitlin Corrigan, Georgina Curto Rex, Alexander Kriebitz, John Maldonado, Kanshukan Rajaratnam, Tanya de Villiers-Botha, and Hisham Zawil. New York: All Tech is Human; Camden, NJ: AI Ethics Lab at Rutgers University, 2026. Accessed October 21, 2026. [https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/Docs/xi-l-corporate-responsibility/](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/Docs/xi-l-corporate-responsibility/).