MAC adopts the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights

The VPs include commitments by signatories to conduct risk assessments and manage relations with public and private security to protect human rights.If companies are relying on publicly provided security offered by local government, the VPs require companies to regularly consult with the government and local community about the human rights related impact of their security arrangements.The adoption is made significant from a legal perspective in light of litigation in Canada where adherence to the VPs by adopting companies has been used to ground tort claims against parent companies in Canada for human rights damages relating to subsidiary companies operating outside of Canada.