UNDP at the 13th UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights

Realizing the “Smart Mix of Measures” to protect human rights in the context of business activities

November 13, 2024

Event Details

Date

25 - 27 November 2024

Time

09:00 - 18:00 CET

Location

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 below on sessions UNDP is supporting or co-organizing and where our team will be speaking.

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