movements and reinforced by the rise of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, the climate crisis, and shocks to the global economy due to the pandemic, FIs have become increasingly aware of why they must manage their human rights footprint. Translating commitments to human rights into transformative action remains a challenge. In June 2021, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (UNWG) found that while financial actors increasingly recognize their responsibility to respect human rights, a clear understanding of how human rights are defined, their relevance across ESG factors, and human rights due diligence remain limited. Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Article 4 Article 5 Article 6 Free and Freedom from Right to life Freedom from Freedom from Right to equal discrimination slavery torture recognition before the law Article 7 Article 8 Article 9 Article 10 Article 11 Article 12 Right to Access to Freedom Right to Presumption Right to equality justice from arbitrary a fair trial of innocence privacy before the law detention Article 13 Article 14 Article 15 Article 16 Article 17 Article 18 Freedom Right to Right to Right to Right to own Freedom of of movement asylum nationality marriage and to property religion or found a family belief Article 19 Article 20 Article 21 Article 22 Article 23 Article 24 Freedom of Freedom of Right to Right to social Right Right to expression assembly partake in security to work leisure and public affairs rest Article 25 Article 26 Article 27 Article 28 Article 29 Article 30 Right to Right to Right to take Right to a free Duty to your Rights are adequate education part in cultural, and fair world community inalienable standard of artistic, and living scientific life 6 HUMAN RIGHTS ROADMAP FOR TRANSFORMING FINANCE
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