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Michelle Bachelet
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Elisabeth TICHY-FISSLBERGER
Human Rights Council
President
Guy Ryder
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Director-General
Sanda Ojiambo
UN Global Compact
CEO & Executive Director
Mary Robinson
The Elders
Chair
Anand Giridharadas
Author
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
Anita Ramasastry
Grupo de Trabajo sobre las empresas y los derechos humanos
miembro
Dante Pesce
Vincular Center for Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
Founder and Executive Director
Surya Deva
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
Vice-Chair
Elżbieta Karska
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
member
Githu Muigai
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
member
Asako Okai
UNDP
UN Assistant Secretary General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and...
Sanjay Wijesekera
UNICEF
Director of Programmes
CK
Christine Kaufmann
OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct
Chair
Didier Reynders
European Commission
Commissioner for Justice in charge of Rule of Law and Consumer...
Takashi Uto
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA)
State Minister for Foreign Affairs
Bärbel Kofler
Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and...
Sigrid A. Kaag
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
Silvia Lara Povedano
Goverment of Costa Rica
Vice-Minister of the Presidency of Costa Rica
Lolwah Rashid AL-KHATER
Qatar
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
Valeria Kolomiets
Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
Deputy Minister on European Integration
Sharan Burrow
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
General Secretary,
Alice Mogwe
President, International Federation for Human Rights and Director, DITSHWANELO – The Botswana Centre for Human Rights
Roberto Suarez-Santos
International Organization of Employers (IOE)
Secretary-General
John W. H. Denton AO
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)- The World Business Organization
Secretary General
Joseph Wilde-Ramsing
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) and OECD Watch
Senior Researcher
Innocence Ntap Ndiaye
Haut Conseil du Dialogue Social du Sénégal
President
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Chowdhury Abrar
Keren Adams
Human Rights Law Centre
Legal Director
FP
Francess Piagie Alghali
Government of Sierra Leone
Minister of State, Office of the Vice President
Abiodun Baiyewu
Global Rights / African Coalition for Corporate Accountability
Executive Director / Co-Chair
Christopher Ballinas
Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México
Director General de Derechos Humanos y Democracia
Rosa van den Beemt
BMO Global Asset Management
VP, Responsible Investment Analyst
Natasa Bergelj
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Head of the Human Rights Department
WB
Wolfgang Bindseil
Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Head of Division for Business and Human Rights
Phil Bloomer
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Executive Director
SB
Scott Brandon
U.S. Department of State
Deputy Director
Marlese von Broembsen
Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)
Law Programme Director
RC
Roberto Cadiz
Rob Cameron
Nestlé
Global Head of Public Affairs and Sustainability
Elisa Canqui
Indígena Aymara, Bolivia
Indígena Aymara, Bolivia, Gerente de Programa Oxfam Latinoamerica y...
Lucie Chatelain
Sherpa
Advocacy and Litigation Officer
BC
Barnali Choudhury
Jesse Coleman
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University
Senior Legal Researcher
CC
Carlos Correa
South Centre
Executive Director
Stephen Cotton
International Transport Workers' Federation
General Secretary
Lorenzo Cotula
IIED
Principal Researcher
Maria-Isabel Cubides
Federacion Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH)
Program Officer Globalization and Human Rights Desk
Laura Curtze
Global Compact Network Germany
Director Business and Human Rights
CD
Charline Daelman
Amfori
Social Sustainability Expert
DD
Dominque Day
Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
Chair
Ekaterina Deikalo
Belarusian State University
Associate Professor of the International law Chair
Liudmyla Denisova
Ombudsman of Ukraine
Project Assistant
Sumi Dhanarajan
National University of Singapore
Sifiso Senzo Dladla
ActionAid South Africa
Mining & Extractives Lead
HD
Heike Drillisch
CorA Netzwork for Corporate Accountability
Coordinator
JD
Jaren Dunning
Arjan Dyrmishi
Southeast Europe Coalition on Whistleblower Protection
Coordinator
Sandra Epal-Ratjen
Franciscans International
International Advocacy Director and Deputy Executive Director
Danielle Essink
Robeco
Senior Engagement Specialist, Active Ownership
Beata Faracik
Polish Institute for Human Rights and Business
Co-Founder and President of the Board
Andrew Feinstein
Shadow World Investigations
Author of The Shadow World
Remy Friedmann
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Senior Advisor
David Gaukrodger
OECD
Senior Legal Adviser, Investment Division
John Gbodi
African Union Commission (AUC)
Senior Policy Officer
Tyler Gillard
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Head of Sector Projects and Legal Adviser
William Gois
Migrant Forum in Asia
Regional Coordinator
BG
Brian Gonsalves
AngloGoldAshanti
Vice President: Group Security and Human Rights Group Sustainability
Pregs Govender
Author & Educator
Love Courage & Insubordination
Eva Grambye
Danish Institute for Human Rights
Head of International Division & Deputy Executive Director
MG
Miguel Guimares
FECONAU- Ucayali region, Peru
Indigenous rights defender
NG
Nancy Gutiérrez
Colombia
Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights
Tamar Gvaramadze
Office of Public Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia
First Deputy Public Defender
Merisa Heu-Weller
Microsoft Corporation
Chief of Staff, Technology and Corporate Responsibility
Christy Hoffmann
UNI Global Union
General Secretary
Freddy Carrion Intriago
Defensoría del Pueblo (Ecuador)
Defensor del Pueblo
Lisa Isakson
Greenfood
Head of Communication and Sustainability
Théo Jaekel
Ericsson
Corporate Responsibility Expert - Business and Human Rights
Lyra Jakulevičienė
Mykolas Romeris University
Dean, Law School; Professor
Maja Kristine Jåma
Saemiedigkie
Politcal advisor
Scott Johnston
Human Rights First
Staff Attorney for Human Rights Accountability
Stefan Jovanovski
A1 Makedonija dooel Skopje
Head of Human Resources
AK
Apoorva Kaiwar
IndustriAll South Asia
Regional Secretary
Eunji Kang
Korean House for International Solidarity
Director, Business and Human Rights
Marina Kapustina
bnt attorneys in CEE
junior associate
Harpreet Kaur
UNDP Asia-Pacific
Business and Human Rights Specialist
Nazhat Shameem Khan
Fiji Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations in Geneva, and...
Mr Tony Khaw
NXP Semiconductors, Singapore
Director, Corporate Social Responsibility Sustainability Office
Tun Khin
JK
Joseph Kibugu
Business and Human Rights Resource (BHRRC) +
Africa Regional Manager and Eastern Africa Senior Researcher and...
Minwoo Kim
International Human Rights Center at the GSIS, Korea University
Research Professor
Chidi King
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Director of the Equality Department
Corey Klemmer
Domini Impact Investments LLC
Director of Engagement
Sudarsana Kundu
Gender at Work
Co-Executive Director
KK
Katrin Kvaran
The Norwegian Ministry of Children and Families
Senior Adviser
Mary Lawlor
Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
Cristina Tebar Less
OCDE
Jefa del Centro de la OCDE para la Conducta Empresarial Responsable
Laurent Lhopitallier
Sanofi
Corporate Social Responsibility
Sun Lihui
China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters, CCCMC
Director
Marcio Luiz de Freitas Naves de Lima
Ministério da Economia da Brazil
Subsecretário de Investimentos Estrangeiros da Secretaria Executiva...
Carlos Lopez
International Commission of Jurists
Senior Legal Adviser
June Lorenzo
Indigenous Peoples' Caucus
FL
Faith Lumonya
Southern and Eastern African Trade, Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI)
Program Officer, Trade and Investment
LL
Larissa Luy
IFC
Environmental and Social Risk and Grievance Response Manager
Chanda Thapa Magar
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)
Deputy Secretary General
Khalid Mahmood
Labour Education Foundation, Pakistan
Director
Tinashe Makuyana
Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission
Human Rights Officer
MM
Marcela Manubens
Unilever
Global Vice President for Integrated Social Sustainability
MM
Mirko Manzoni
UN
Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Mozambique
Anton Marcus
Free Trade Zones & General Services Employees Union
Joint Secretary
Victoria Marquez-Mees
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Managing Director - Chief Accountability Officer
Ali bin Samikh Al Marri
NHRC-Qatar
Chairman
Robert McCorquodale
Inclusive Law
Professor
CM
Claudine McMahon
Vodafone Group
Richard Meeran
Leigh Day
Partner, Head of International Department
Emilio Izquierdo Miño
Embajador, Representante Permanente Misión del Ecuador ante la ONU y otros organismos internacionales en Ginebra, y Presidente del OEIGWG
Bob Mitchell
Responsible Business Alliance
Vice President
Kinda Mohamadieh
Third World Network
Senior Researcher and Legal Adviser
Edgar Mojica
CUT Colombia
Secretario General
Krishnendu Mukherjee
Doughty Street Chambers
Barrister/Indian advocate
Adriana Greaves Muñoz
TOJIL
Cofounder
Mwambus Mwamba
NHRI of DRC
President
DN
Diana Nabiruma
The Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO)
Senior Programme and Communications Officer
Sandile Ndelu
Centre for Applied Legal Studies
Advocacy Coordinator
Yves Nissim
Orange
VP Head of transformation and operation in CSR
Justine Nolan
Australian Institute for Human Rights
Director
Leslie Norton
Canada Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and...
NN
Naomi Nwokolo
UN Global Compact Network Nigeria
Executive Director
Phyllis Omido
Center for justice governance and environmental action
grassroots environmental activist and co- founder
AO
Austin Onuoha
Africa Center for Corporate Responsibility
Executive Director
Douglas Opio
Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE)
Executive Director
Marcos A Orellana
Procedimientos Especiales de las Naciones Unidas
Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the...
José Aylwin Oyarzún
Plataforma Chilena de Sociedad Civil sobre Derechos Humanos y Empresas
Co-coordinador
Gerald Pachoud
Advisor to the UNWG projects on conflict and UNGPs10+
Advisor to the UNWG projects on conflict and UNGPs10+
ZP
Zainab Patel
KPMG India
Director of Inclusion and Diversity
Claudia Paz y Paz
Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional · Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
Director of the Central America and Mexico Program,
Antonella Pellegrini
ENEL Chile
Head of Sustainability and communities relations
Migdalia Ma. Pellicier
Indigenous Peoples' Caucus
Co-Chair
Emmanuel Peni
Project Sepik (PNG)
Human Rights Defender and Co-ordinator
Gladice Pickering
Ministry of Justice, Republic of Namibia
Deputy Executive Director
Netithorn Praditsarn
C.P. Group (Thailand)
Executive Assistant to Group CEO; Senior Vice President, Global...
Paloma Muñoz Quick
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
Global Lead, Human Rights & Financial Services
TR
Trinanjan Radhakrishnan
Oxfam India
Coordinator-Responsible Supply Chain & Sustainable Development
Namrata Raju
Equidem
India Director
TR
Therese Randazzo
US Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection
Deepika Rao
Cividep India
Programme Director
Caroline Rees
Shift
President
Jimena Reyes
FIDH
Director for the Americas
Humberto Cantú Rivera
Instituto de Derechos Humanos y Empresas, Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM)
Director
Arianna Rossi
Senior Researcher and Policy specialist, Better Work Global
ILO
OR
Odile Roussel
Ambassadrice chargée de la bioéthique et de la responsabilité...
Claudia Saller
European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ)
Coordinator
Raymond Saner
Professor, Basel University and Science Po in Paris
Director CSEND in Geneva and Co-chair of the academic network of the...
YS
Yeb Sano
Livio Sarandrea
UNDP
Global Adviser, Business and Human Rights
Vani Saraswathi
Migrant-Rights.Org
Associate Editor and Director of Projects
Pascale Schuit
Union Hand Roasted Coffee
Sustainable Sourcing Manager
Shubha Sekhar
The Coca-Cola Company
Director Human Rights, Eurasia & North Africa
DR
Dr. Rana Sengupta
Mine Labour Protection Campaign Trust (MLPC)
Managing Trustee & CEO
Gbenga Sesan
Paradigm Initiative
Executive Director
Andrea Shemberg
Global Business Initiative on Human Rights
Chair
BS
Bidya Shrestha
Lorraine Sibanda
Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Association
President
PS
Penelope Simons
Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh
Republic of India
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Ganga Somasekarappa
Karnataka Garment Workers Union
Vann Sophath
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
Business and Human Rights Project Coordinator
Ruwan Subasinghe
International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)
Legal Director
Saunoamaali'i Karanina Sumeo
Human Rights Commission
Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner
Pensri Suteerasarn
Thai Listed Companies Association (TLCA)
President and Secretary General
Daisuke Takahashi
Shinwa Sohgoh Law Offices / Business and Human Rights Lawyers Network Japan
Partner Attorney / Steering Committee Officer
Monica Tepfer
CGT Argentina
Abogada
Michele Thatcher
PepsiCo
Chief Human Rights Officer
KT
Katy Thompson
UNDP
Team Leader, Rule of Law, Security and Human Rights
Matthias Thorns
IOE - INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF EMPLOYERS
Deputy Secretary General
HT
Halla Tómasdóttir
B Team
CEO
Salil Tripathi
Institute for Human Rights and Business
Senior Advisor Global Issues
Deniz Utlu
German Institute for Human Rights / Business and human rights working group of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions
Senior Policy Advisor / Chair
Deniz Utlu
German Institute for Human Rights / Business and human rights working group of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions
Senior Policy Advisor / Chair
Olena Uvarova
Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine
Head of Business and Human Rights Lab
Martina Vandeberg
The Human Trafficking Legal Center
President
Oyu Vasha
Government of Mongolia
Director-General of the Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation...
José Luis Blasco Vazquez
Acciona
Global Sustainability Director
FV
Filippo Veglio
World Business Council on Sustainable Development
Managing Director
Sanjay Kumar Verma
Birla Cellulose- Aditya Birla Group
Sr. President & Unit Head
VV
Verónica Vidal
Proyecto de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales (ProDESC)
Deputy Director
Eady vuthy
Equitable Cambodia
Executive Director
Victor Van Vuuren
International Labour Organization
OIC ADG for Jobs and Protection
Yuyun Wahyuningrum
AICHR
Representative of Indonesia
Jackline Wanjiru
UNEP
RW
Romesh Weeramantry
Clifford Chance
Lene Wendland
OHCHR
Chief, Business and Human Rights
Francis West
Shift
Business Engagement Director
Dominika Wierzbowska
Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy
Head of the Unit for CSR and NGOs cooperation
Elizabeth Wilde
Permanent Mission of Australia
Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative
Lara Wolters
European Parliament
Member
Elin Wrzoncki
Instituto Danés de Derechos Humanos
Department Director, Human Rights and Business
Anil Yilmaz
University of Essex School of Law and Human Rights Centre
Lecturer and Co-director of the Essex Business and Human Rights...
Jennifer Zerk
OHCHR Accountability and Remedy Project
Legal Consultant
Joe Zhang
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Senior Law Advisor
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