Event Organizers Sector Supplement - Global Reporting Initiative

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Indicator Protocols Set: HR
Event Organizers Sector Supplement
HR8 Percentage of security personnel
Volunteer
and volunteers trained in the
organization’s policies or procedures
concerning aspects of human rights that
are relevant to operations.
EO
An individual engaged in an unpaid activity (except for
reimbursement of expenses) of their own free will for
the benefit of a third party (e.g., the event organizer) or
society at large.
EO
4. Documentation
1. Relevance
The conduct of security personnel towards third parties
is underpinned by their training in human rights
issues, particularly regarding the use of force. Training
security personnel can help prevent reputational
and litigation risks that arise from inappropriate
actions or approaches not condoned by the reporting
organization. Information provided under this Indicator
helps to demonstrate the extent to which management
systems pertaining to human rights are implemented.
This measure indicates the proportion of the security
force that can reasonably be assumed to be aware
of the organization’s expectations of human rights
performance.
Potential information sources include the reporting
organization’s human resources department and
training records received by internal security personnel.
Contractors may hold similar information with respect to
their employees.
5. References
• ILO Convention 29, ‘Forced Labour Convention’,
1930.
• ILO Convention 105, ‘Abolition of Forced Labour
Convention’, 1957.
• The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human
Rights, 2000.
2. Compilation
EO
2.1 Identify the total number of security personnel the
reporting organization employs directly including
volunteers.
EO
2.2 Report the percentage of security personnel
and volunteers who have received formal training
in the organization’s policies on, or specific
procedures for, human rights issues and their
application to security. This can refer either to
training dedicated to the topic or a module within
a more general training program.
EO
2.3 Report whether training requirements also apply
to third party organizations providing security
personnel.
3. Definitions
Security personnel
Individuals employed for the purposes of guarding
property of the organization, crowd control, loss
prevention, and escorting persons, goods, and valuables.
Training or induction
The act of teaching a particular skill or type of behavior.
In this Supplement, training can include technical
teaching and social integration or team building.
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