Sessions of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
Sessions of the Working Group are closed meetings, aside from specific scheduled open consultations that are duly indicated on this website ahead of time.
Dates of the 2013 sessions of the Working Group
- 4th session: Geneva, 11-15 February 2013
- 5th session: Geneva, 17-21 June 2013 (Please note changed dates)
- 6th session: Geneva, 25-29 November 2013
4th session:
The Working Group will hold its fourth session from 11-15 February 2013 in Geneva. The Working Group will hold an open consultation with all stakeholders on Thursday 14 February 2013 from 15:00-18:00 in Palais des Nations, room XVII.
To register for this open consultation, please fill in the registration form and send it to registrationwgbusiness@ohchr.org at latest by 13 February 2013.
Kindly review the practical information on the open consultation, as well as the concept note which will guide the open consultation.
Stakeholders may also submit their input to the discussion questions presented in the concept note in writing, before 1 March 2013, to wg-business@ohchr.org.
Dates of the 2012 sessions of the Working Group
- 1st session: Geneva, 16-20 January 2012
- 2nd session: Geneva, 8-11 May 2012
- 3rd session: Geneva, 26-30 November 2012
Sessions of the Working Group are closed meetings, aside from specific scheduled open consultations that are duly indicated on this website ahead of time.
3rd session:
The Working Group held its third session from 26-30 November 2012 in Geneva. No open consultation was held during the third session. The Working Group engaged with stakeholders the following week throughout the 2012 Forum on Business and Human Rights. The Working Group issued a statement on the outcome of its third session, including revised working methods.
2nd session:
The Working Group held its second session from 8 to 11 May 2012 in Geneva and issued a statement summarising the outcome of this session.
The Working Group held an open consultation with all stakeholders on Thursday 10 May 2012 on the themes and methodology of the Forum on Business and Human Rights. For more information on the Forum, please see the page of the Forum on Business and Human Rights.
1st session:
The Working Group held its first session from 16 to 20 January 2012 in Geneva.
At this session, the Working Group held an open consultation with all stakeholders on Friday 20 January 2012, received a number of submissions, and issued a statement on its working methods.