Abstract National Action Plans (NAPs) on business and human rights are a growing phenomenon. Since 2011, 42 such plans have been adopted or in-development worldwide. By comparison, only 39 general action were published between 1993 2021. In parallel, NAPs attracted scholarly interest. While some studies highlight their potential to advance national compliance with international norms, others cr...

While National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) are widely regarded as particularly promising tools in the emerging transnational regime for regulation of business and human rights, we still know little about their potential actual contribution to this field. This article bridges gap between rights research NHRI scholarship, proceeding three steps: Firstly, I analyze structural conditions NHRI...

the human dignity of patients with cardiovascular disease (cvd) is an important issue, because of patients’ dependence upon caregivers, and because it impacts all aspects of their quality of life (qol). therefore, understanding and improving the status of dignity among these patients is of great importance. this study aimed to determine the status of dignity in patients with cvd admitted to car...