The 3rd African Business and Human Rights Forum 2024 will be held on 8-10 October, 2024, with 8 October 2024 (referred to as "Day 0") dedicated to pre-Forum sessions, including private meetings before the official start day of the regional Forum.
The Forum will bring together stakeholders across Africa to take stock of progress and discuss challenges and opportunities for promoting responsible business and human rights conduct and corporate accountability in the region. The Forum is co-organised by UNDP, OHCHR, the Working Group and UNICEF, in close collaboration with local and regional, continental and international actors.
The theme of the 2024 African Business and Human Rights Forum, "Promoting Responsible Business Conduct in A Rapidly Changing Context", aims to foster policy dialogue and peer-to-peer learning on RBC and the human rights implications of the emerging African and global regulatory and policy landscape in Africa, generating crucial insights as well as key recommendations for the adoption of strong regulatory and policy frameworks and business models that promote ethical and sustainable practices, in line with internationally agreed norms and principles.
It will focus on the continued integration of RBC and HRDD in business operations, strengthening the policy frameworks of African Member States on RBC leveraging the UNGPs, AfCFTA and other frameworks, and building the capacity of stakeholders to apply an RBC lens to NAP development and implementation, and to State and business practices in Africa, aligning these to African and international human rights and RBC frameworks.
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https://www.bhrafricaforum.org/
Please note that REGISTRATION CLOSES ON THE 22ND OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. The organisers will not fund or cover the cost of participation for anyone interested in participating in the forum
