[{"bbox": [98, 150, 1136, 231], "category": "Text", "text": "Zainab Alert, Response and Recovery Act, the ICT Child Protection Act 2018, and the Juvenile Justice System Act 2018. A National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights was launched by the Federal Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) with the support of development partners in September 2021."}, {"bbox": [98, 256, 1136, 495], "category": "Text", "text": "Intending to seize the momentum, the present action is a flagship human rights intervention that promotes and contributes to the rule of law and the promotion of human rights by capacitating an increasingly competent, inclusive, coordinated, and independent human rights system consistent with international standards. To this end, building on the result and lessons of previous EU interventions, the action intends to i) Improve the effectiveness of the actions of independent NHRIs and CSOs through enhanced capacities for monitoring, oversight, reporting, and outreach to vulnerable groups; ii) Support effective, appropriate State-based system of non-judicial grievance mechanisms for the remedy of business-related human rights abuse with NHRI has a particularly important role to play in this regard; iii) Strengthen sustained human rights education and academic research to improve the promotion and protection of human rights and democracy."}, {"bbox": [98, 521, 1136, 681], "category": "Text", "text": "The Multi-annual Indicative Programme for Pakistan for 2021-2027 aims to contribute to the implementation of Vision 2025 by focusing on three areas: (1) Green Inclusive Growth, (2) Human Capital, and (3) Governance, including Rule of Law and Human Rights. An important feature of this prospective action relates to the overarching framework of Priority Area 3. The SDGs where interventions under this priority will contribute are (in ascending order): 1 (No Poverty), SDG Goal 5 - Targets 5.1, 5.2 & 5.3, SDG Goal 8 - Targets 8.7, 8.8, 10 (Reduced Inequalities) and 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions) Targets 16.1, 16.2 & 16.3."}, {"bbox": [98, 707, 1136, 893], "category": "Text", "text": "The proposed action is consistent with the following global EU priorities: Digital transformation; Sustainable growth and jobs; Human development, peace, and governance. To this end, the action will fully align with the EU's Human Rights Strategy 2021-2024, the new CSO Roadmap and the Country Level Implementation Plan for the Gender Action Plan III 2021-2025. The action will support the Declaration adopted on 8 July 2017 in Hamburg, when G20 Leaders committed to fostering the implementation of labour, social and environmental standards and human rights in line with internationally recognised frameworks to achieve sustainable and inclusive supply chains and underlined the responsibility of businesses to exercise due diligence in this regard⁹."}, {"bbox": [147, 908, 382, 938], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.2 Problem Analysis"}, {"bbox": [102, 954, 979, 980], "category": "Text", "text": "A lack of effective implementation of the Constitution and the realisation of fundamental rights."}, {"bbox": [98, 1006, 1152, 1401], "category": "Text", "text": "As a developing country and a democracy that combines Islamic and secular law, Pakistan's situation in relation to human rights, social inclusion, and community stabilisation remains complex. There are also clauses in the Constitution that guarantee independent Supreme Courts, separation of executive and judicial branches, an independent judiciary, an independent Human Rights Commission, and freedom of movement within and abroad. It is, however, difficult to ensure compliance with and implementation of these laws and policies. It should be noted that although the fundamental rights spelt out in the Constitution are binding, **effective action is needed to ensure the implementation of human rights and gender-sensitive budgeting.** Furthermore, since the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan and the subsequent devolution of “human rights” to the sub-national level, multiple capacity constraints and challenges in relevant provincial line departments and institutions pose a substantial challenge towards ensuring that human rights concerns and violations are effectively and efficiently dealt with. These challenges range from the sporadic collection of human rights-based data to data analysis and human rights reporting, which continue to be critical constraints in guaranteeing a rights-enabling environment across the four provinces in Pakistan. In addition, unclear roles and responsibilities of **respective governments** and **statutory bodies** and the weak capacities of **civil society** continue to hinder **rights-based development** and gender justice across Pakistan."}, {"bbox": [102, 1431, 371, 1458], "category": "Text", "text": "### Business and Human Rights."}, {"bbox": [98, 1484, 1152, 1536], "category": "Text", "text": "Business enterprises play a significant role in protecting human rights in Pakistan because the State's economy relies heavily on its industrial and services sectors, which constitute over 81% of the GDP.¹⁰ Due to this, businesses can"}, {"bbox": [147, 1567, 738, 1588], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁹ See: OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct, OECD (2018)"}, {"bbox": [147, 1588, 1082, 1632], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁰ Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 'Sectoral Shares in GDP (At Constant Basic Prices). Quoted In 1st Five Year National Action Plan On Business And Human Rights (2021-2026)"}, {"bbox": [1069, 1639, 1083, 1661], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "6"}]