Video Documentaries: Professor John Ruggie’s Lecture on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Prof. DR. John G. Ruggie, the former UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Business and Human Rights gave a public lecture on UNGP at the Indonesian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday June 6, 2013. Prof. Ruggie outlined a number of topics including the responsibilities of the State and companies in protecting human rights, for example in the context of workers’ rights. Referring to ASEAN integration, he also emphasized the fact that there has been no single market that could attain sustainable success without protecting and respecting the rights of the workers.