UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2018

26 Nov 2018 - 28 Nov 2018

Geneva, Switzerland

Session reports

01:00 - Are states making progress on the UN guiding principles on business and human rights? Challenges, innovations and lessons learned from implementation (Part I and Part II)
01:00 - Disruptive technology I: What does artificial intelligence mean for human rights due diligence?
01:00 - Disruptive technology II: What does automation mean for human rights?
01:00 - Forum debate: Are tech companies a threat to human rights?
01:00 - Human rights due diligence in practice in ICT sector
01:00 - Protecting human rights in public policy: What role for business?
01:00 - Scaling up human rights due diligence through the use of blockchain

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The UN Forum on Business and Human Rights represents the world’s largest annual gathering on the topic, with more than 2 000 participants from government, business, community groups and civil society, law firms, investor organisations, UN bodies, national human rights institutions, trade unions, academia, and the media. The forum features panel discussions on topics related to the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (the United Nations ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework), as well as current business-related human rights issues. 

The event will take place on 26-28 November 2018 in Geneva, and it will address the central topic of ‘Business respect for human rights – building on what works’.

Registration is available at the following link.

For more information about the event, visit the dedicated webpage. 

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