2018 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights

Interpretation is provided into English, French and Spanish
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Organized by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

Brief description of the session: 
This Forum session is part of the Forum track on trends and challenges in promoting business respect for human rights in the context of each region of the world. Building on the sessions on government action on the Forum’s first day, the “Western European and others”- focused discussions aim to take a closer look at policy innovations and emerging practices on which progress can be built. The session will involve presentations by governments that are moving ahead with regulatory and policy innovations.

Objectives of the session: 

• Share lessons learned from recent government efforts with potential to drive greater policy coherence and reach scale in business implementation of the corporate responsibility to respect human right
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue around lessons learned and way forward, including on how to strengthen a race to the top among Western countries.

Format of the session:

• Introduction by the UN Working Group on Business & Human Rights
• Snapshot presentations on innovations and lessons learned: inter-governmental and government perspectives
• Open stakeholder discussion on the way forward