2020 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

Paloma leads BSR’s work at the intersection of financial services and human rights. She advises financial institutions on embedding respect for human rights into corporate governance, across products and services, and at each stage of the investment lifecycle.Prior to joining BSR, Paloma was Advisor to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and Senior Consultant of the UN B-Tech Project, where she helped develop an ambitious vision for promoting the uptake of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights among investors and led work on responsible investment in digital technologies. Prior to the UN, Paloma launched... Read More →

Anand Giridharadas is a writer.He is the author of multiple books, including Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, published by Knopf in 2018. In the book, Anand argues that members of the global elite, though sometimes engaged in philanthropy, use their wealth and influence to preserve systems that concentrate wealth at the top at the expense of societal progress.He is an editor-at-large for... Read More →

Caroline Rees is President and Co-Founder of Shift. Shift is a non-profit mission-driven organization that works across all continents and sectors to challenge assumptions, push boundaries, and redefine corporate practice, in order to build a world where business gets done with respect... Read More →

June L. Lorenzo, JD & PhD, Laguna Pueblo/Navajo (Diné), is an attorney and human rights advocate. She currently divides her time between serving as Chief Judge for the Pueblo of Zia (sovereign Indigenous nation), private practice in state and Indigenous courts, and human rights advocacy... Read More →

Ruwan Subasinghe is the Legal Director of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). He specialises in labour, human rights and international law. Ruwan represents the ITF at external bodies including the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Organization for... Read More →

Magister en derecho en la Universidad de British Columbia, Canadá. Fundador del Observatorio de Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas (hoy Observatorio Ciudadano), ONG de promoción de derechos humanos. Fue Consejero del Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos entre 2013 y 2019. Es autor... Read More →

Andrea has been with GBI since 2011, and since January 2019 has served as Chair.She has worked in business and human rights for nearly 20 years, beginning as Legal Advisor at Amnesty International UK and the International Commission of Jurists focusing on business, human rights and... Read More →

Ms. Essink is a Director at Robeco’s Active Ownership department. She has over 12 years of experience engaging companies on human rights related topics and encouraging them to operate with greater awareness and respect for human rights. She currently has a specific focus on the... Read More →

Deniz Utlu is a Senior Policy Advisor at the German Institute for Human Rights in the field of business and human rights, currently chairing the business and human rights working group of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions. His special areas of focus include... Read More →

Harpreet Kaur is a Business and Human Rights Specialist at the UNDP’s Regional Bureau of Asia and the Pacific, where she oversees a regional project aiming at promoting responsible business practices through partnerships in Asia. She provides technical and advisory support to governments... Read More →

Sra. Anita Ramasastry es la profesora Roland L. Hjorth de Derecho y Directora del Programa de Posgrado en Desarrollo Internacional Sostenible en la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad de Washington. Investiga y enseña en los ámbitos de la justicia y el desarrollo, la lucha contra... Read More →

Fundador y Director Ejecutivo del Centro Vincular, dependiente de la Escuela de Negocios y Economía de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso en Chile, desde 1 de Julio, 2001 hasta el presente. (vincular.cl)Miembro del Grupo Trabajo sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos de la ONU desde 1 de Mayo del 2015, Presidente hasta el 30 de junio del 2021.(termina el mandato el 31 de OCT del 2021). Lidera líneas  temáticas sobre empresas estatales, debida diligencia, coherencia de políticas públicas y la evaluación de los... Read More →