A RECORDING OF THIS SESSION IS AVAILABLE HERE.Session organized by the UN Working Group on business and human rights
Interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish will be availableThe annual Forum on Business and Human Rights is the UN’s platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue to assess the progress made by states and business in moving the three pillars of “Protect, Respect and Remedy” of the
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) from paper to practice.
The plenary of the UN Forum will provide leadership perspectives
on the main theme of the Forum: renewed emphasis on a fundamental focus of the UNGPs, namely better prevention to safeguard people in the context of business activities.
Among the objectives, the opening plenary seeks to provide inspiration and help set the tone for constructive and solution-oriented dialogue over the three Forum days.
This year’s plenary session convenes senior leaders from the UN and international organizations working to promote responsible business conduct. A key goal is to reinforce calls on Governments and businesses to implement their respective human rights duties and responsibilities in the current crisis and beyond, and to demonstrate how international organizations are supporting them to advance in the current context.
It will also involve senior representation from Governments from different regions to share the experiences and lessons learned from their efforts to implement the UNGPs, including in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery efforts.
The plenary aims to reinforce the message that business respect for human rights must be at the heart of corporate contributions to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
This year’s Forum feeds directly into the Working Group’s ongoing project to take stock of the first ten years of the Guiding Principles (with the anniversary coming up in 2021) and design a roadmap for the next decade (“
UNGPs10+ project”).
Format:
The Plenary will consist of the following segments:
- Opening remarks
- Remarks by Heads or senior representatives of International Organizations
- Ministerial panel
- Reflections from heads of other organizations
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