LocationsRealizing the “Smart Mix of Measures” to protect human rights in the context of business activities
UNDP at the 13th UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights
November 13, 2024
Event Details
25 - 27 November 2024
09:00 - 18:00 CET
Hybrid – In-person element at Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
UNDP is proud to be participating in the 13th UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights.
Find information on sessions UNDP is supporting or co-organizing and where our team will be speaking below.
To register for the forum, visit the official event site.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25
SIDE Event
“How can business regulatory measures protect human rights whilst leaving no one behind?”
18:30 | Terrasse de la Paix (invite only)
Side event co-organized by Ethical Trading Initiative, UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, and UK Mission Geneva
Featured Speaker: Harpreet Kaur, Business and Human Rights Specialist, UNDP
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26
SIDE SESSION
Operationalizing the Just Transition
08:00 | Restaurant Vieux Bois (invite only)
Side session is organized by Environmental Resources Management
Featured Speaker: Olga Nilova, Business and Human Rights Specialist, UNDP
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ASIA REGIONAL SESSION
Do National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights Work in the Asia-Pacific?
10:00 | Room XIX
Session organized by the Working Group on Business and Human Rights
Session information: https://sched.co/1gevj
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CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA REGIONAL SESSION
Smart Mix of Measures’ and Implications of European Legislative Developments in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
11:40 | Room XIX
Session co-organized by the Working Group on Business and Human Rights, the Polish Institute for Human Rights and Business (PL), Y. Mudryi National Law University (UA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Session information: https://sched.co/1gew2
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SIDE SESSION
Development Dialogues | Role of business regarding the right to development: Trends from the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
14:00-15:15 | Room XXVII
Side session co-organized by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development and the World Benchmarking Alliance
Featured speaker: Akiko Sato, Liaison Officer, Business and Human Rights
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Snapshots series on practical approaches and tools on HRDD for business
People in Scope: Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures
15:50 - 16:15 | Room XXVI
Snapshot co-organized by the Working Group on Business and Human Rights and TISFD
Session Information: https://sched.co/1iIqW
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SIDE EVENT
Making the CSDDD Work for All
18:10 | H Building, 1st floor
Side event co-organized by the European Commission and UNDP
Featured speaker: Livio Sarandrea, Global Advisor on Business and Human Rights, UNDP
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SIDE EVENT
Peace Finance
18:30 | Maison de la Paix (invite only)
Side event co-organized by by Sustainable Finance Geneva and the Graduate Institute
Featured speaker: Gregory Connor, Policy Specialist, Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions, UNDP
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27
SNAPSHOT SERIES On Stakeholder Engagement
Lessons from influencing corporate performance on meaningful rightsholder engagement
10:00-10:25 | Room XXIV
Snapshot co-organized by the Working Group on Business and Human Rights and World Benchmarking Alliance
Featured speaker: Harpreet Kaur, Business and Human Rights Specialist, UNDP
Session info: https://sched.co/1gexl
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MENA REGIONAL SESSION
Progress and Opportunities to Strengthen BHR in the Middle East and North Africa Region
10:00-11:20 | Room XIX
Session organized by the Working Group on business and human rights
Featured speaker: Takoua Tayari, Business and Human Rights National Specialist, UNDP
Session Information: https://sched.co/1gexd
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AFRICA REGIONAL SESSION
“Smart Mix” in Action: Progress and Opportunities for Advancing Business and Human Rights in Africa
11:40-13:00 | Room XIX
Session co-organized by the Working Group on Business and Human Rights, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)
Session info: https://sched.co/1gey9
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Closing plenary
16:40-18:00 | Room XX
Featured speaker: Livio Sarandrea, Global Advisor on Business and Human Rights, UNDP
Session info: https://sched.co/1geqS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28
WORKSHOP
Annual Workshop of the Community of Practice “Business and Conflict”
09:00-17:00 | ICRC (invite only)
Featured speaker: Siniša Milatović, Business and Human Rights Specialist, UNDP
