4th Session

Name: 4th Session
Start: 2015-11-16T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2015-11-18T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Palais des Nations

16 Nov 2015, 10:00 → 18 Nov 2015, 20:00 Europe/Zurich

In-Person

Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

Palais des Nations

Geneva, Switzerland

Monday 16 November
- Access to Remedy and the Role of NHRIs
- Business and the Bar: leadership from the legal profession
- Cooperation through education and research
- Promoting the Guiding Principles in global governance
- The UNGPs for newcomers
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- 4th Session
- Human rights due diligence across sectors
- Measuring States’ implementation of the Guiding Principles
- Recognizing indigenous peoples’ rights to land
- The interface between judicial and non-judicial remedy
- Unpacking the UNGPs in investment disputes
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- 4th Session
- PM of Chile - Meeting on 4th Session
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- Early application of forced labour standards and regulations
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- 4th Session
- Multi-stakeholder engagement across all 3 pillars
- Promoting human rights in agricultural supply chains
- Securing rights online
- State implementation of the UNGPs in investment policy
- State-based mechanisms for access to remedy
- challenges faced by women human rights defenders
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- Access to remedy and the financial sector
- Effective company-level grievance mechanisms
- Land, corruption and human rights
- Protection of workers’ rights during recruitment
- Launch of Business & Human Rights Journal
- Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index
Tuesday 17 November
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- Forum on Business and Human Rights Secretariat
- Opening high-level plenary - 4th Session
- PM of the USA - Meeting on 4th Session
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- PM of Chile - Meeting on the 4th Session
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- PM of the Netherlands - Meeting on 4th Session
- The informal sector, SMEs and human rights
- Women’s empowerment, business and human rights
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- 4th Session
- Business, climate change and environmental justice
- Measuring businesses’ implementation of the UNGPs
- NAPs on business & human rights
- Pitfalls and promises of non-judicial grievance mechanisms
- The UNGPs in trade and investment agreements context
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- Assessing the human rights impact of private sector projects
- Company-community relations in complex environments
- Consultation on the Accountability and Remedy Project
- Mega-sporting events
- NAPs on business & human rights
- Business & Human Rights at a Crossroads? Book launch
- Communityof practice of dialogue facilitator
Wednesday 18 November
- 4th Session
- Company-community dispute resolution
- Development finance institutions and effective remedy
- Respecting children’s rights in law and practice
- UN treaty process on business and human rights
- Whistle-blower protection in the context of the UNGPs
- “Corporate capture” and company ownership transparency
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- Corporate responsibility to respect HR beyond supply chain
- Discussing a treaty on business and human rights
- Human rights defenders and civil society space
- Integrating human rights in State-owned enterprises
- Making business sense of human rights
- PM of United States - Meeting on 4th Session
- Beyond auditing / garment supply chains
- Company commitments and community-led initiatives
- Enhanced due diligence in conflict-affected areas
- Role of corporate reporting
- Sustainable development goals, private sector and the UNGPs
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- Film screening of "Food Chains"
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- 4th Session
- UNGPs and the business and human rights treaty process
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- 4th Session
- Human rights due diligence in law and practice
- Multi-stakeholder engagement across all 3 pillars
- Public procurement and human rights
- Roles of States concerned in cross-border cases
- The UNGPs in the context of extractive industries
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- High-level plenary closing session
- PM of Brazil
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