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37 The ‘host State’ is the State in which foreign companies are operating, whereas the ‘home State’ is the State where these companies are incorporated or headquartered. 38 See, e.g., INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, FROM RESTRICTION TO PROTECTION: RESEARCH REPORT ON THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND THE NEED FOR NATIONAL LAWS TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THEIR WORK (NOV. 2014); The International Center for Not-­‐for-­‐Profit Law, NGO LAW MONITOR, http://www.icnl.org/research/monitor/index.html (last visited May 9, 2016). 39 Peter Bosshard, European Funders Suspend Support for Agua Zarca Dam, HUFFINGTON POST (Mar. 16, 2016), http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-­‐bosshard/european-­‐funder-­‐suspend-­‐s_b_9479642.html. 40 Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Development banks need to wake up to the human rights crisis in Honduras, THE GUARDIAN (Mar. 20, 2016), http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/20/development-­‐banks-­human-­‐rights-­‐crisis-­‐honduras-­‐agua-­‐zarca. 41 See, BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTER, NATIONAL ACTION PLANS, http://business-­humanrights.org/en/un-­‐guiding-­‐principles/implementation-­‐tools-­‐examples/implementation-­‐by-­governments/by-­‐type-­‐of-­‐initiative/national-­‐action-­‐plans (last visited May 11, 2016). The four existing NAPs that directly mention human rights defenders are the NAPs of the United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark, and Colombia. 42 FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, GOOD BUSINESS: IMPLEMENTING THE UN GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS (2013). 43 Id. 44 See, e.g., DUTCH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS (2014); CONSEJERÍA PRESIDENCIAL PARA LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS, COLOMBIA AVANZA DERECHOS HUMANOS Y EMPRESA: PLAN DE ACCIÓN DE DERECHOS HUMANOS Y EMPRESAS (2015). 45 INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY ROUNDTABLE & THE EUROPEAN COALITION FOR CORPORATE JUSTICE, ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING NATIONAL ACTION PLANS (NAPS) ON BUSINESS ANJD HUMAN RIGHTS (2015), p. 3. 46 Id. 47 A National Baseline Assessment (NBA) is a tool for evaluating a State’s current implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and other relevant business and human rights frameworks. An NBA should be conducted at the start of the NAP process to analyze current conditions and facilitate assessing future impact. 48 See, e.g., EUROPEAN UNION, ENSURING PROTECTION: EUROPEAN UNION GUIDELINES ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS (2010); NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, NORWAY’S EFFORTS TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS: GUIDE FOR THE FOREIGN SERVICE (2010); ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPOMENT, OECD GUIDELINES FOR MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES (2011), CONFÉDÉRATION SUISSE, FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (2013); UNITED STATES DEP’T OF STATE, BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR, GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS (CSOS) (2006), http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/shrd/2006/82643.htm. 28