Meetings and Events

Past

Human Rights Working Group Meeting: Webinar

9 February 2010, 10:30AM - 12:30PM EST

HRWG Webinar (web-enabled teleconference) Meeting to further the Good Practice Note workstream of the HRWG. Mary Robinson chaired the meeting. The meeting report, PowerPoint presentation and participants list are available for download below.

• Meeting Report
  
• Presentation
  
• Participants List
  

Webinar: An Introduction to Business and Human Rights

10 December 2009, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

• To register, contact Lauren Gula at gula@un.org.

Training Sessions on Human Rights and Adaptation to Climate Change for Global Compact Companies

Berlin, Germany - 4-5 November 2009

Online Discussion on Human Rights Impact Assessments

How can HRIAs help address/reduce legal risks related to business and human rights?

27 October- 29 October 2009

• To learn more, contact Kathrin Bauer, Programme Manager at IBLF at Kathrin.Bauer @ iblf.org or +44(0)20 7467 3659.

Human Rights Working Group Meeting

Part 1: Geneva, Switzerland - 7 October 2009 

• Draft Agenda
• Summary Report

Part 2: San Francisco, USA - 19 October 2009

• Draft Agenda
• Summary Report

Online Discussion on Human Rights Impact Assessments
The costs and benefits of doing a human rights impact assessment

6-10 July 2009

• To learn more, contact Désirée Abrahams, Project Manager, Human Rights Impact Assessment at desiree.abrahams@iblf.org or +44 (0)20 7467 3608.
• Further information on IBLF’s work in human rights

Human Rights Working Group Meeting, VII Annual Local Networks Forum

Istanbul, Turkey - 9-10 June 2009

• Summary Report
• Agenda
• List of Participants
• Business & Human Rights Special Supplement - July 2009
• Briefing on the Work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights
• Human Rights Working Group as a forum for good practices
  
  • Concept Note
  • Multistakeholder
  • Corporate Human Rights Advocacy
  • Buyer Impacts on Labour Rights in the Supply Chain
• Consultation on a set of Women's Principles
  • Guiding Principles for the Corporate Sector
  • Guiding Principles for the Corporate Sector: Input Requested
• Human Dilemmas for Multi National Corporations (MNCs) in Emerging Markets Presented by Maplecroft
  • Themes and Dilemmas
  • Leaflet
• The Arc of Human Rights Priorities: A New Model for Managing Business Risk

Online Discussion on Human Rights Impact Assessments
Why should companies undertake a specific human rights impact assessment?

27 April - 1 May 2009

• To learn more, contact Désirée Abrahams, Project Manager, Human Rights Impact Assessment at desiree.abrahams@iblf.org or +44 (0)20 7467 3608.

Third Working Conference of the CEO Water Mandate

Istanbul, Turkey - 16-18 March 2009

• Agenda
• Summary Report

UN Global Compact Commemorates International Women's Day 2009
Advancing Women in the Global Marketplace 

UN Headquarters, New York, USA - 5 March 2009

• Event Website

International Seminar on Business and Human Rights 

Paris, France - 4-5 December 2008

• Seminar Website
• Summary Report
• Video Clips

Human Rights Working Group meeting, VI Annual Local Networks Forum

Bonn, Germany - 22 October 2008

• Agenda
• Summary Report  

Human Rights Working Group meeting

Boston - 29 April 2008

• Agenda
• List of Participants
• Note on the Clearing House for Good Practice
• Embedding Human Rights in Business Practice II
• Business Case Studies: Brief Research Guidelines
• Local Networks focusing on Human Rights in 2008
• Report of the SRSG for business and human rights
• Summary Report Draft

Human Rights Working Group Meeting

London - 12 December 2007

• Agenda and background materials
• Summary Report  

Human Rights Working Group Meeting

UNHQ, New York - 14 September 2007

• Summary Report

Human Rights Session, Global Compact Leaders Summit

Geneva, Switzerland - 5-6 July 2007

• Event Website
• Summary Report

Human Rights Working Group Meeting

Geneva, Switzerland - 6 July 2007

• Summary Report  

Roundtable Session "Business, Human Rights and Labour", IV International Global Compact Learning Forum Meeting

Accra, Ghana - 22-24 November 2006

• Final Report  

Human Rights in the Oil and Gas Industry (Latin America) Workshop

Cancun, Mexico - 21 July 2006

• Summary Report (Spanish)  

Session on Business and Human Rights, Global Compact Summit: China

Shanghai, China - 30 November - 1 December 2005

• Final Summit Report (English)
• Final Summit Report (Chinese)  

Business and Human Rights - Advancing the Agenda

Wilton Park, London - 10-12 October 2005

• Agenda
• Summary Report
• Global Compact paper

Consultation on Business and Human Rights

Palais des Nations, Geneva - 22 October 2004

• Agenda
• Summary Report
• Guidance Note
• Global Compact Submission to the OHCHR

Plenary Session and Breakout Sessions "Human Rights Principles and their Practical Meaning," III International Global Compact Learning Forum Meeting

Nova Lima/MG, Brazil - 9-11 December 2003

• Seminar Website