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STRENGTHENING IMPLEMENTATION • Has the State taken measures to implement and strengthen laws, mechanisms, or programs for the recognition and protection of human rights defenders, specifically ensuring that relevant actors and institutions have adequate capacity, expertise, and resources to do so? Most relevant to Section 1.4 of the full NBA Template. Status/Gaps: 1.3 Specific policies and initiatives for the recognition and protection of human rights defenders PUBLIC RECOGNITION • Is the important and legitimate role of human rights defenders and the nature of the risks they face publically recognised? • What additional steps are being taken to reiterate the legitimacy of those defenders facing specific and additional stigmatisation for their work on business and human rights, such as women human rights defenders? • Are threats and attacks against human rights defenders working on business and human rights publically and clearly condemned? Most relevant to Section 3.2 of the full NBA Template. Status/Gaps: PROTECTION AND PREVENTION OF AGGRESSIONS • Are there measures in place for the protection of human rights defenders and the prevention of aggressions against them, their communities, and their families? If so, do they include a focus on the specific vulnerabilities of defenders working on business and human rights? • Do such measures also act upon those non-­‐State actors associated with the risks facing the defender (e.g., the creation of spaces for dialogue between the company, State, and affected community, or the cancellation of a project if violence and threats against defenders continue)? • Do defenders identified, or self-­‐identified, as being under threat have their risk evaluated according to a clear and transparent methodology that takes into account the human rights defender’s identity and the context of their work? Is the participation of the at-­‐risk defender in this analysis guaranteed? • How does the State identify the specific risks faced by particularly marginalised groups of human rights defenders, such as women, minorities, rural communities, and indigenous peoples? Most relevant to Sections 3.2, 7.3 and 7.4 of the full NBA Template. Status/Gaps: TRAINING AND EDUCATION • Are public officials, including those with responsibilities for promoting and regulating business, trained in understanding the role of human rights defenders, their rights and their protection? • Are there educational campaigns to raise awareness in communities about human rights and the legitimacy of those who defend them, including in the context of business? Most relevant to Sections 3.2 and 8.1 of the full NBA Template. Status/Gaps: 16