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Monday
, November 26
Assembly Hall
11:00am •
Opening plenary
Room XVII
1:30pm •
Human rights due diligence in the world of sport
3:00pm •
Disruptive technology I: what does artificial intelligence mean for human rights due diligence
4:40pm •
Disruptive technology II: What does automation mean for human rights due diligence?
6:15pm •
Forum debate: Are tech companies a threat to human rights?
Room XX
9:00am •
Voices from the ground
1:30pm •
Driving human rights performance from the top in the mining sector – the role of the board and investors
3:00pm •
Are States making progress on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights? Challenges, innovations and lessons learned from implementation
4:40pm •
Are States making progress on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights? Challenges, innovations and lessons learned from implementation
6:15pm •
Special film screening with Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi: The Price of Free
Room XXI
8:00am •
Conversation with the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
9:30am •
Introduction to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
1:30pm •
Labour rights and human rights due diligence
3:00pm •
What human rights responsibilities apply to businesses with respect to climate change?
4:40pm •
How can climate actions respect rights & contribute to peacebuilding in the transition to a green economy?
6:15pm •
How indigenous people can "renew" renewable energies
Room XXIII
9:00am •
Corporate human rights due diligence – state of play and way forward
1:30pm •
What do “Protect, Respect, Remedy” mean in practice for responsible tax conduct? A special focus on women's rights
3:00pm •
Integrating indigenous peoples rights in human rights due diligence: what does it mean in practice?
4:40pm •
Connecting child rights and human rights due diligence in practice
6:15pm •
Breathless – Documentary
Room XXIV
9:00am •
Academic Networks in Conversation with Business and Human Rights Stakeholders
1:30pm •
Snapshot: Driving human rights due diligence through law - Lessons from the first year of application of the law: major challenges and recommendations for companies
1:45pm •
Snapshot: Managing risks at the operational level ; lessons from Vinci in Qatar
2:00pm •
Snapshot: Lead and deploy the vigilance approach: a challenge for large companies; lessons from BNP and Orange
2:15pm •
Snapshot: The French Duty of Vigilance - Lessons learned and Guidance on Vigilance Plans
2:30pm •
Snapshot: Human rights due diligence: practices in the supply chain. Findings from a cross-sectoral study.
2:45pm •
Snapshot: Documenting Human Rights Due Diligence- Operational-level human rights impacts assessments
3:00pm •
Snapshot: Employer Association Relations - Need to Document Human Rights Due Diligence
3:15pm •
Snapshot: Employer Association Collaboration - Documenting Human Rights Due Diligence
3:30pm •
Snapshot: Investor Relations - Need to Document Human Rights Due Diligence
3:45pm •
Snapshot: Investor Relations - ICT Company Documenting Human Rights Due Diligence
4:00pm •
Snapshot: B2B Relations - Need to Document Human Rights Due Diligence
4:15pm •
Snapshot: B2B Relations – Mutual Documentation of Human Rights Due Diligence
4:40pm •
Human Rights in International Supply Chains - Where is the disconnect?
Stakeout Point Press.
8:00am •
Networking Coffee
1:00pm •
Lunch break
Tuesday
, November 27
Room XVII
8:30am •
Crowd-drafting: Designing a human rights-compatible international investment agreement
11:30am •
Human rights due diligence across value chains - addressing systemic challenges
1:30pm •
Update on the process to elaborate a legally binding instrument
3:00pm •
Addressing “modern slavery” in supply chains – Company responses
4:40pm •
Government responses to modern slavery and child labour in supply chains
6:15pm •
Special film screening: The Price of Free
Room XX
8:30am •
Building coherence on essential elements of human rights due diligence
10:00am •
Plenary II: Building coherence and reaching scale on human rights due diligence – International organizations' leadership perspectives
11:30am •
Safeguarding human rights defenders: new efforts and tackling growing threats
1:30pm •
Accountability and building trust on corporate engagement on rights of LGBTI people
3:00pm •
Developing a gender lens to business and human rights
4:40pm •
Developing a gender lens to business and human rights
6:15pm •
Human Rights and Business Award – Human rights defenders in the Global South
Room XXI
8:30am •
Human rights due diligence approaches for safeguarding migrant workers
11:30am •
Role of NHRIs in facilitating access to remedy for business-related human rights impacts
1:30pm •
Reinforcing the importance of human rights due diligence for realizing the SDGs
3:00pm •
Trends and challenges in promoting business respect for human rights in "Western Europe and Others" region (WEOG)
4:40pm •
Trends and challenges in promoting business respect for human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
6:15pm •
Documentary - Combatting modern slavery in supply chains - Lessons from two sectoral campaigns
Room XXIII
8:30am •
Human rights due diligence in practice in the ICT sector
11:30am •
Trends and challenges in promoting business respect for human rights in Africa
1:30pm •
Due diligence and remedy: Is one possible without the other?
3:00pm •
Trends and challenges in promoting business respect for human rights in Eastern Europe
4:40pm •
Accountability and remedy: exploring the interconnectedness of different types of grievance mechanisms
6:15pm •
Protecting human rights in Public Policy: What Role for Business?
Room XXIV
8:15am •
Snapshot: Exiting responsibly - Respect for human rights in circumstances of urgent exit
8:30am •
Snapshot: New insights. Projects from BHR Young researchers (I)
8:45am •
Snapshot: New insights. Projects from BHR Young researchers (II)
9:00am •
Snapshot: New insights? Labour governance in the garment industry
9:15am •
Snapshot: New insights After Rana-Plaza: Business, Labor, and Global Supply Chains in Bangladesh
9:30am •
Snapshot: Human Rights Due Diligence in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
9:45am •
Snapshot: Samsung - Human rights due diligence across the supply chain – Experiences from practice
10:00am •
Snapshot: Human rights due diligence across the supply chain – Experiences from practice
10:15am •
Snapshot: How can business association promote human rights due diligence. Experiences from Japan
10:30am •
Snapshot: Human rights due diligence - Challenges and business pathways (case of the project operator)
10:45am •
Snapshot: Strengthening human rights due diligence with in-depth assessment and radical transparency
11:00am •
Snapshot: Human rights due diligence in a large supply chain
11:15am •
Snapshot: Human rights due diligence - Building on what works in a global supply chain. An overview of risk assessment
11:30am •
Snapshot: Human rights due diligence across supply chain starts with due diligence with internal stakeholder groups
11:45am •
Snapshot: Konica Minolta - What motivates this global technology company’s commitment to human rights and what outcomes have been achieved – experiences from practice
12:00pm •
Snapshot: Human rights-based sustainable fisheries: an experience from the Thai Tuna Industry
12:15pm •
Snapshot: From commitment to action - Advancing decent work in global supply chains with SAP Ariba
12:30pm •
Snapshot: How investing in basic sanitation can help guarantee women’s rights: a case study from Brazil
12:45pm •
Snapshot: #Metoo and She too– Addressing sexual abuse and other gender-specific violations
1:00pm •
Snapshot: Gender, corporate due diligence, access to justice and indigenous women human rights defenders – Case study from Asia
1:30pm •
Connecting human rights due diligence and business lawyers: overcoming practical challenges
3:00pm •
Snapshot: New insights? The impacts of the UN Guiding Principles and the OECD Guidelines
3:15pm •
Snapshot: The use of the Universal Period Review (UPR) mechanism as a tool to prevent Business related human rights abuses
3:30pm •
Snapshot: New insights? When causation, contribution, and direct link overlap: UNGP implementation in “complex complicity” scenarios
3:45pm •
Snapshot: Corporate responsibility to respect human rights in situations of occupation
4:00pm •
Snapshot: Building Trust between Human Rights Defenders and Financial Actors
4:15pm •
Snapshot: NHRIs and Business: Working Together to Advance Human Rights
4:30pm •
Snapshot: Children’s Rights and Business Atlas: Harnessing the power of data in risk and impact assessments.
4:45pm •
Snapshot: Economic evidence for civic rights protection
5:00pm •
Snapshot: Roles of the youth in moving forward the UNGPs
5:15pm •
Snapshot: Experiences from practice - Effective multi-stakeholder models working against child labour
5:30pm •
Snapshot: The impact of extractive activities in Honduras on the rights of indigenous peoples
5:45pm •
Snapshot: The contribution of the indigenous Papuan community to promote respect of the rights of indigenous peoples
6:00pm •
Snapshot: The implications of Indigenous Peoples’ FPIC Protocols and Policies for business respect for human rights
6:15pm •
Snapshot: Upholding the right to participate in environmental matters for affected communities: Mexico’s Supreme Court ruling in the Sonora case
6:30pm •
Snapshot: Human Rights Insights from the Middle East: how accreditation frameworks help keeping business relevant to stakeholders in an increasingly challenging environment for human rights
Stakeout Point Press.
8:00am •
Networking Coffee
1:00pm •
Lunch break
Wednesday
, November 28
Room XI
1:00pm •
Understanding Business Impact on Children—Presenting the Children’s Rights and Business Atlas
Room XVII
8:30am •
Leading by example? Procurement as lever for human rights due diligence
10:00am •
Trends and challenges in promoting business respect for human rights in Asia
1:30pm •
Scaling up human rights due diligence through the use of blockchain
3:00pm •
Widening uptake of the UNGPs: a spotlight on SMEs
Room XX
8:30am •
Elements of effective human rights due diligence regulation: lessons from legal developments
10:00am •
How can benchmarks, rating agencies and ESG researchers drive more and better human rights due diligence
11:40am •
How can investors drive more and better human rights due diligence?
1:30pm •
What works? Investigating the relationship between business practices and outcomes for people
3:00pm •
Leading by example? State-owned enterprises’ performance on human rights due diligence
5:00pm •
Plenary III: Summing up and looking ahead
Room XXI
8:30am •
Human rights due diligence in practice in the oil & gas sector
10:00am •
What do “Protect, Respect, Remedy” mean in practice in conflict contexts
11:40am •
Leading by example? Using government trade promotion and development finance as levers for human rights due diligence
1:30pm •
Human rights due diligence in practice in the tourism sector
3:00pm •
Toward meaningful corporate human rights reporting?
Room XXIII
8:30am •
Human rights due diligence in practice in the global food and beverages sector
10:00am •
Engaging and safeguarding workers across value chains: identifying good practice approaches
11:40am •
Community engagement for HRIAs in challenging contexts: a round table discussion
1:30pm •
Human rights due diligence in practice in the commodities trading sector
3:00pm •
New perspectives on overcoming hurdles for parent company liability?
Room XXIV
8:30am •
Investing in the Human Right to Housing
10:00am •
Accountability and Remedy: human rights due diligence and corporate legal liability
11:40am •
Labour union perspectives on ways to scale up effective human rights due diligence
1:30pm •
Addressing human rights impacts of toxic substances: challenges and human rights due diligence across sectors with a deep dive on the electronics industry
3:00pm •
Human rights due diligence in practice in the banking sector
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8:00am •
Networking Coffee
1:00pm •
Lunch break
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