Resource Center

The Resource Center provides existing studies, websites, tools, databases and further information on Human Rights in general, and with focus on tourism. 

If you know further resources, please info [at] humanrights-in-tourism [dot] net (subject: Resource%20Center) (let us know) and we are glad to add them. 

Sustainability in tourism - A guide through the label jungle

Currently, tourism boasts more than 150 quality labels worldwide. We provide you with a tool for comparing the main characteristics and quality features of well-known sustainability labels in tourism. It will help you to select holiday options that respect human rights, go easy on the environment and are of palpable use to the local population in the regions visited.
fairunterwegs
ECOTRANS e.V.
Naturefriends International
Tourism Watch
Human Rights Education
Sustainability
23 pages

Sweet & Sour

The Struggle of Chinese Restaurant-Workers

Precarious employment is on the rise in the Ontario labour market. Recent immigrants, those with uncertain and precarious immigration status, racialized persons and women are over-represented in these situations, and certain workers are far more vulnerable to employer exploitation and abuse. The resulting report paints a compelling portrait of their experiences in the workplace.
Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic
Migrant Workers
Labour Rights
42 pages

The Tourism Sector and the Sustainable Development Goals

Responsible Tourism, A Global Commitment

The text explains the results of the work in multistakeholder partnerships, an aspect which we are particularly proud of. This new way of working, recommended by the United Nations, has allowed us to experience how combining the efforts of the public and private sector offers a better result.
World Tourism Organization [UNWTO]
Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs]
Sustainability
51 pages

Tourism in Fragile Contexts

Guidelines for Product and Communication Managers for the Implementation of Human Rights-Related Due Diligence

In this guideline, the Roundtable highlights another dimension of corporate due diligence in fragile human rights situations and supports tour operators in meeting their special responsibility.
Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism
Due Diligence
Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR]
Peace and Conflict
10 pages

Tourismus in fragilen Kontexten

Eine Orientierungshilfe für Produkt-und Kommunikationsverantwortliche zur Umsetzung menschenrechtlicher Sorgfalt

Mit der Orientierungshilfe zeigt der Roundtableeine weitere Dimension unternehmerischer Sorgfalt in menschen-rechtlich fragilen Kontexten auf und unterstützt Reiseanbieter, diese besondere Verantwortung wahrzunehmen.
Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism
Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR]
Due Diligence
Peace and Conflict
8 pages

Transforming Tourism

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The Transforming Tourism Initiative is an open global network of NGOs, tourism practitioners and academia that demands a transformation of tourism in line with the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.
Bread for the World
Sustainability
Tourism Development
Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs]
16 pages

5 Steps Towards Managing the Human Rights Impacts of Your Business

Getting started with human rights due diligence

This guide sets out a simple and thorough process for any company, but particular­ly small and medium­sized enterprises, to get started with identifying its potential human rights impacts on those people directly affected by its activities, and those whose lives it touches through its relationships with suppliers or other parties.
Global Compact Network Germany
Human Rights Impact Assessment [HRIA]
Due Diligence
42 pages

A Guide for Business - How to Develop a Human Rights Policy

Provides instruction on how businesses can develop and implement a human rights policy within their companies. The second edition of How to Develop a Human Rights Policy was designed by Human Rights and Labour Working Group member Ernst & Young - Japan.
United Nations Human Rights [UNHR]
General Human Rights Information
Human Rights Policy
Human Rights Education
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights [UNGPs]

A Guide on CSR and Human Rights– what does it mean for companies in supply chains?

he UNGPs designed a process that will make and keep your company aware of the most important adverse impacts; namely those that affect human rights. And this guide offers you the chance to become better acquainted with the UNGPs in relation to your business and your business relationships.
International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights [UNGPs]
Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR]
Supply Chain
Code of Conduct
44 pages

Access for People with Disabilities to Culture, Tourism,Sports and Leisure Activities

Towards Meaningful and Enriching Participation

The report seeks to present a structured overview of the existing international legal basis, highlight challenges and consolidate political and practical responses pertaining to one of the essential dimensions of life, both for persons with disabilities and for those without disabilities: participation in culture, sports, tourism and leisure activities.
Council of Europe
Diversity & Inclusion
Disability Rights
100 pages

Assessing Human Rights Risks and Impacts

Perspectives from corporate practice

his publication provides an insight into the different contexts, motives, requirements and approaches of five companies that have begun to assess the human rights risks and impacts of their business activities and relationships. It gives an impression of the benefits and limitations of each chosen approach and outlines the challenges faced and the lessons learned by the companies interviewed.
Global Compact Network Germany
German Institute for Human Rights
Human Rights Risk Assessment [HRRA]
Due Diligence
Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR]
46 pages

Community-Driven Operational Level Grievance Mechanisms

This report records discussions and recommendations from an expert workshop that was convened to discuss a new model for the design and implementation of operational-level grievance mechanisms (OGMs) that is driven by community conceptions of justice and fair play.OGMs are systems that companies set up at their operational sites to handle complaints from workers, community members, and other stakeholders.
EarthRights International
Grievance Mechanisms
Community Impact
Stakeholder Engagement
18 pages

Dark Clouds over the Sunshine Paradise

Tourism & Human Rights in Sri Lanka

The STP report looks at whether, and to what extent, human rights abuses relating to tourism development have taken place in the three newly developed tourist regions of Kuchchaveli, Passikudah and Kalpitiya, as well as the degree to which the local population can actually profit from the tourism boom.
Society for Threatened Peoples
General Human Rights Information
Tourism Development
Tourism Stakeholder
88 pages

Diversity within small and medium-sized enterprises

best practices and approaches for moving ahead

This is a guide for European small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) managers wishing to improve the competitiveness and the social and economic performance of their business by building on the diversity of their workforce. The publication contains basic information for all SMEs to use, regardless of their size, business sector, location (local, regional, national) and management mode.
European Commission
Diversity & Inclusion
Equality
66 pages

How to develop a human right policy

second edition (2015)

Provides instruction on how businesses can develop and implement a human rights policy within their companies. The second edition of How to Develop a Human Rights Policy was designed by Human Rights and Labour Working Group member Ernst & Young - Japan.
UN Global Compact
Human Rights Policy
36 pages

Human Rights in Practice!

Recommendations for implementation of labor and social standards for driving personnel in the tourism sector

This working paper describes the recommended minimum requirements for social and labor standards concerning driving personnel in the transport sector. It also offers practical recommendations for their implementation and monitoring. The recommendations are designed in a way that makes them applicable worldwide as far as possible, even though adjustments to the local circumstances might be necessary.
Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism
Due Diligence
Labour Rights
Tourism Stakeholder
8 pages

Indigenous Tourism & Human Rights In Asia & the Pacific Region

Review, Analysis & Checklists

The primary aim of the report is to support the increased engageThe primary aim of the research project Indigenous Tourism & Human Rights is to support the increased engagement of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) in the prevention of Indigenous rights’ infractions and violations through tourism development, and in the promotion of Indigenous peoples’ tourism that is respectful of their traditional and human rights while supporting sustainable development.
Pacific Asia Travel Organisation [PATA]
Indigenous Peoples / Minorities Rights
Tourism Development
Sustainability
72 pages

Manual on Accessible Tourism for All

Public-private Partnerships and Good Practices

Persons with disabilities make up a significant part of the world’s population. Their number is on the rise due to the ageing trend being observed in certain regions and the concomitant increased prevalence of illnesses. This report focuses on the supply-side perspective. It takes into account the market needs generated by the demand for tourism for all and the sustainability of the production of goods and services created to provide accessibility.
World Tourism Organization [UNWTO]
Fundación AC
Disability Rights
Diversity & Inclusion
Supply Chain
299 pages

Menschenrechte im Tourismus

Ein Umsetzungsleitfaden für Reiseveranstalter

Der Leitfaden unterstützt die Entwicklung einer Menschenrechtsstrategie, die sich in bereits bestehende Managementstrukturen von Tourismusunternehmen integrieren und individuell an deren Betriebsgröße und Geschäftstätigkeit anpassen lässt – zur Konkretisierung sozialer Aspekte und zur stärkeren Verankerung der Menschenrechte innerhalb der Organisation.
Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism
Human Rights Policy
Due Diligence
Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR]
Tour operator
36 pages

Menschenrechte im Tourismus – Zur Stärkung menschenrechtlicher Verantwortung von Tourismusunternehmen und Tourist_innen durch Bildung

Der Titel meiner Dissertationsarbeit „Menschenrechte im Tourismus“ regte bisweilen in meinem persönlichen wie auch fachlichen Umfeld zu Spekulationen an. Dieses setzt sich mit der menschenrechtlichen Verantwortung von Tourismusunternehmen und Reisenden auseinander, welche möglicherweise durch eine menschenrechtsorien-tierte Bildung gestärkt werden muss. Nicht die Rechte der Reisenden, sondern die der Men-schen in den bereisten Ländern stehen im Mittelpunkt der Analyse.
Macht R.
Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR]
Due Diligence
Tourism Stakeholder
314 pages