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2018 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights

Sekar Banjaran Aji

The Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM)
Legal Advocacy Staff
Jakarta, Indonesia

8:00am CET

Conversation with the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights Room XXI

9:00am CET

Corporate human rights due diligence – state of play and way forward Room XXIII

9:30am CET

Introduction to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Room XXI

11:00am CET

Opening plenary Assembly Hall

1:00pm CET

Lunch break Stakeout Point Press.

1:30pm CET

Snapshot: Driving human rights due diligence through law - Lessons from the first year of application of the law: major challenges and recommendations for companies Room XXIV Driving human rights performance from the top in the mining sector – the role of the board and investors Room XX

2:00pm CET

Snapshot: Lead and deploy the vigilance approach: a challenge for large companies; lessons from BNP and Orange Room XXIV

2:30pm CET

Snapshot: Human rights due diligence: practices in the supply chain. Findings from a cross-sectoral study. Room XXIV

2:45pm CET

Snapshot: Documenting Human Rights Due Diligence- Operational-level human rights impacts assessments Room XXIV

3:00pm CET

Are States making progress on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights? Challenges, innovations and lessons learned from implementation Room XX What human rights responsibilities apply to businesses with respect to climate change? Room XXI

3:30pm CET

Snapshot: Investor Relations - Need to Document Human Rights Due Diligence Room XXIV

6:15pm CET

How indigenous people can "renew" renewable energies Room XXI Forum debate: Are tech companies a threat to human rights? Room XVII

8:15am CET

Snapshot: Exiting responsibly - Respect for human rights in circumstances of urgent exit Room XXIV

8:30am CET

Snapshot: New insights. Projects from BHR Young researchers (I) Room XXIV Building coherence on essential elements of human rights due diligence Room XX Human rights due diligence in practice in the ICT sector Room XXIII

8:45am CET

Snapshot: New insights. Projects from BHR Young researchers (II) Room XXIV

10:00am CET

Snapshot: Human rights due diligence across the supply chain – Experiences from practice Room XXIV Plenary II: Building coherence and reaching scale on human rights due diligence – International organizations' leadership perspectives Room XX

10:30am CET

Snapshot: Human rights due diligence - Challenges and business pathways (case of the project operator) Room XXIV

11:00am CET

Snapshot: Human rights due diligence in a large supply chain Room XXIV

11:30am CET

Role of NHRIs in facilitating access to remedy for business-related human rights impacts Room XXI

1:00pm CET

Snapshot: Gender, corporate due diligence, access to justice and indigenous women human rights defenders – Case study from Asia Room XXIV

1:30pm CET

Update on the process to elaborate a legally binding instrument Room XVII

3:00pm CET

Developing a gender lens to business and human rights Room XX

3:45pm CET

Snapshot: Corporate responsibility to respect human rights in situations of occupation Room XXIV

4:40pm CET

Accountability and remedy: exploring the interconnectedness of different types of grievance mechanisms Room XXIII

5:45pm CET

Snapshot: The contribution of the indigenous Papuan community to promote respect of the rights of indigenous peoples Room XXIV

6:15pm CET

Human Rights and Business Award – Human rights defenders in the Global South Room XX

8:30am CET

Elements of effective human rights due diligence regulation: lessons from legal developments Room XX

10:00am CET

What do “Protect, Respect, Remedy” mean in practice in conflict contexts Room XXI

11:40am CET

How can investors drive more and better human rights due diligence? Room XX

1:30pm CET

Human rights due diligence in practice in the tourism sector Room XXI

3:00pm CET

New perspectives on overcoming hurdles for parent company liability? Room XXIII Human rights due diligence in practice in the banking sector Room XXIV

5:00pm CET

Plenary III: Summing up and looking ahead Room XX