Side event – Room IX E, F, S (TBC)
Platform for tools, innovation and capacity building
Hosted by OHCHR and UNWG
1. Business and Human Rights Indicators – London School of Economics and partners
2. Digital Dangers project - University of Washington/Institute for Human Rights and Business
3. Applying the UN Guiding Principles to “Constructive campaigning” for civil society - Global CSR
4. Teaching Business and Human Rights – Columbia University Law School
5. Country portal launch (with laptops for testing—option to continue into lunch time) - Danish Institute for Human Rights |
Side event – Room XI E, F, S (TBC)
Presentation of selected national cases, research and good practice
Hosted by OHCHR and UNWG
1. Palm oil industry in Indonesia – Institute for Social and Cultural Rights-Indonesia and Norwegian Centre for Human Rights
2. UN Guiding Principles’ implication for Italian multinational corporations -- Bocconi University
3. Research on ASEAN and cases from South and Southeast Asia -- Accountability Counsel
4. Indigenous Women in the Americas – Plataforma contra la Impunidad E - S
5. Responsible Investment in Myanmar – Government of the United States of America
6. Research on policy coherence – Government of Finland 7. Engaging companies locally to implement the UNGPs --UN Global Compact Network Germany |
Side event – Room IX E
Presentation of some projects supported by the UNWG
Hosted by the UNWG |
Side event --Room XX E, S, F
Land and human rights defenders in danger World Organisation Against Torture, International Federation for Human Rights, Peace Brigades International, Center for International Environmental Law, EarthRights International, Friends of the Earth International, Global Witness, International Land Coalition, International Union for Conservation of Nature National Committee of the Netherlands, International Service for Human Rights, Forum Asia |
Side event – Room XXI E
International legal roundtable: mobilizing lawyers to advance the business and human rights framework
American Bar Association with Shift Project, International Bar Association, Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, Union Internationale des Avocats, Association International des Jeunes Avocats, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Human Rights Resource Centre – ASEAN, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable |
Side event – Room XXII E
Shared space:
1. Launch of OHCHR training module on Principles for Responsible Contracting
London School of Economics
2. Experiences in transnational litigation European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights |
Side event – Room XXIII E
Shared space:
1. Public Procurement and Human Rights
Danish Institute for Human Rights, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable
2. Tax Abuse – a human rights issue
Lawyers for Better Business/University of Johannesburg |
Side event – Room XI E
Business, human rights and conflict: challenges and good practice (from conflict prevention to operating in a conflict-affected area)
1. Brief introduction to criteria and indicators for conflict areas – Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law
2.Good corporate practice in conflict affected and high-risk areas – The Global Compact
3. Challenges posed by joint venture agreements – Constructive Engagement Group 4. Role of UNGPs in preventing conflict around natural resources – Quaker UN Office |
Side event – Room XX E
Consultation on the feasibility of a global fund to support capacity building on the UN Guiding Principles (Human Rights Council resolution 21/5) Hosted by OHCHR |
Side event – Room XXI E
Shared space: Human rights due diligence
1. The role of financial institutions in supporting effective human rights due diligence by business
Association of Supervisors of Banks of the Americas
2. Human rights due diligence and impact assessments DLA Piper |
Side event – Room XXII E
Shared space:
1. National Action Plans – State strategies for implementing the UN Guiding Principles Danish Institute for Human Rights and International Corporate Accountability Roundtable
2. Human Rights Impact Assessments: different perspectives on a shared objective BG Group, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Institute for Human Rights and Business, Oxfam |
Side event - Room XXIII E
Shared space: Cases in the extractive sector
1. Nairobi Process (oil and gas in Kenya) – Kenya National Human Rights Commission/Institute for Human Rights and Business
2. Extractive industries in Southern Africa – Act Alliance
3. Extractive industries in Philippines – Franciscans International 4. Extractive industries in Palestine – Al Haq |
Side event: Room IX E
Shared space: Legal trends shaping corporate behavior
1. Role and relevance of corporate law - City University of Hong Kong and partners 2. Developments in commercial law and practice – Clifford Chance LLP and partners |
Side event – Room XI E
Access to Remedy: Opportunities and challenges for judicial and non-judicial grievance mechanisms
Moderator: European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights
1. Company mechanisms for addressing human rights complaints – CSR Europe
2. Access to Judicial Remedy report launch – International Corporate Accountability Roundtable,, Corporate Responsibility Coalition and European Coalition for Corporate Justice
3. Company-community dialogue facilitation – ACCESS Facility 4. Non-judicial grievance mechanisms – Rights and Accountability in Development/Mining Watch Canada |