The business world plays a critical role in protecting the human rights of its employees, consumers and all members of society at large. While companies have a potential to contribute to the development of societies with the economic and social values they produce, they may also have negative impacts that undermine the human rights of not only their employees but also the whole society with their exploitative labour practices. The efforts initiated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and De velopment (OECD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) in the 1970s to prevent such negative impacts and ensure that companies operate in a manner that respects human rights, has become increasingly on the global agenda, especially since the beginning of the 2000s, with the United Nations putting the issue on its agenda and development of international standards including conventions, declarations and guidelines within this context. These voluntary international standards on the respon sibility of the business world to respect human rights have been followed in recent years by international and national regulations containing normative and binding provisions on responsible business practices and due diligence. As all these normative instruments envisage the imposition of sanctions on compa nies that violate their due diligence responsibilities for the protection of human rights, they will significantly affect trade relations at the international level and this process will directly affect exporting companies in Türkiye. T his info note is intended as a guide for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Türkiye, in particular, to help them fulfill their due diligence requirements for the protection of human rights in business and thus increase their competitiveness at the international level.