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OHCHR | 2021 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights
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10th Session (November 29, 2021 - December 1, 2021) (un.org)
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Michelle Bachelet
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Nazhat Shameem Khan
Human Rights Council
President of the Human Rights Council
Guy Ryder
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Director-General
Mary Robinson
The Elders
Chair
Surya Deva
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
member
Elżbieta Karska
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
member
Anita Ramasastry
Grupo de Trabajo sobre las empresas y los derechos humanos
miembro
Githu Muigai
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
member
Fernanda Hopenhaym
Grupo de trabajo sobre las empresas y los derechos humanos
Presidenta del Grupo de Trabajo de la ONU sobre empresas y derechos...
Dante Pesce
Vincular Center for Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
Founder and Executive Director
Sanda Ojiambo
UN Global Compact
CEO & Executive Director
Sharan Burrow
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
General Secretary,
Allan Jorgensen
OECD
Head of the OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct
Paul Polman
IMAGINE
Co-Founder and Chair
Usha Ramanathan
Human Rights Activist
Benito Calixto
Indigenous Caucus
Co-president
Speakers
MM
Mulan, Myanmar
Youth Activist from Blood Money Campaign
MA
Mualimin Abdi
Indonesia
Director General of Human Rights, Ministry of Law and Human Rights of...
Abdul Z. Abdulrahim
Univeristy of Oxford, Stears
Keren Adams
Human Rights Law Centre
Legal Director
Roselyn Akombe
UNDP
Head - Governance and Peacebuilding, UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa
NA
Nourah Al-Sulaiman
Migrant-rights.org
Ensaniyat Project Manager
Shemina Amarsy
International Trade Centre (ITC)
Sustainability Advisor
Alejandra Ancheita
ProDESC
Founder and Executive Director
Mr. Augusto Jordán Rodas Andrade
Ombudsman's Office of Guatemala
Ombudsman
Ikal Angelei
Friends of Lake Turkana
Director
Ms Teresa de Moura Anjinho
Ombudsman's Office, Portugal
Deputy Ombudswoman
Maria Paz Anzorreguy
International Organisation of Employers
Director for ILO Coordination
John W. H. Denton AO
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)- The World Business Organization
Secretary General
Yukiko Arai
ILO Country Office for Argentina
Director
EA
Emin Aslanov
OHCHR
Abiodun Baiyewu
Global Rights / African Coalition for Corporate Accountability
Executive Director / Co-Chair
Lucía Bárcena
Transnational Institute
Project Officer
Herbert Barros
Ministerio de Mujeres, Familia y Derechos Humanos de Brazil
Director de Proteccion y Defensa de los Derechos Humanos
Imane Bello
Lawyer
Paris Bar
OB
Owen Bennett
Mozilla
Cécile Billaux
European Commission
Head of Unit
Ms Cecilia Alemany Billorou
UN WOMEN
Deputy Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean
Wolfgang Bindseil
German Foreign Office
Head of the Division Business and Human Rights
Phil Bloomer
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Executive Director
Caio Borges
Institute for Climate and Society
Portfolio Manager - Law and Climate
Ms Amina Bouayach
National Human Rights Council of Morocco
Chairperson
Ms Tihana Bule
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Manager
Scott Busby
US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
MP
Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve
Belgium
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva
Joan Carling
Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI)
Global Executive Director
Ms Laura Carter
IndustriALL, Latin-America and the Caribbean Office
Assistant Regional Secretary
Nancy Patricia Gutierrez Castañeda
Consejera Presidencial para los Derechos Humanos y Asuntos Internacionales
Consejera
AC
Alejandro Celorio
Mexico
Head of the Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Lucie Chatelain
Sherpa
Advocacy and Litigation Officer
Spencer Chilvers
Rolls-Royce plc
Head of Export Control Policy
Katia Chirizzi
OHCHR
Deputy Representative of the Regional Office for South East Asia
Carlos Correa
South Centre
Executive Director
Sandra Cossart
Sherpa
Executive Director
Olinta Cardoso Costa
Petrobras
Gerente Executiva de Responsabilidade Social
Adrienne Gardaz Cuendet
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Adviser Business and Human Rights
Gerry Cunningham
Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland
Director of the Human Rights Unit
Mr Alexandr Curașov
CSR Moldova
Executive Director
Alejandro Dávalos
Deputy Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the UN in Geneva, Chargé d’Affaires, on behalf of the Chair-Rapporteur of the OEIGWG on TNCs and OBEs
Deputy Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the UN in Geneva, on...
Bart Devos
Responsible Business Alliance
European Director
Cecilia Ekholm
Sweden
Ambassador for Sustainable Business
Hamed El-Kady
UNCTAD
Investment Policy Officer, Senior coordinator, International...
Beata Faracik
Polish Institute for Human Rights and Business
Co-Founder and President of the Board
Diana Figueroa
Centro de Información sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos (CIEDH)
Representante e Investigadora para México, Centroamérica y el Caribe
RF
Rita French
United Kingdom
Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva and...
Maria T Moll de Alba G
Pacto Global de las Naciones Unidas
Gerente Senior para América Latina y el Caribe del Pacto Mundial de...
SG
Simon Geissbühler
Switzerland
Ambassador, Assistant State Secretary at the Swiss Federal Department...
Tyler Gillard
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Head of Sector Projects and Legal Adviser
Gilles Goedhart
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands
Team Leader Mandatory Due Diligence
FD
Fabio Da Silva Gomes
Pan American Health Organization
Regional Advisor on Nutrition and Physical Activity
Ms Antonina Gorbunova
Union of Indigenous Peoples “SOYUZ” (KMNSOYUZ)
Executive Director
LG
Levina Gordet
Nora Götzmann
Danish Institute for Human Rights
Chief Adviser
Leanne Govindsamy
Centre for Environmental Rights
Attorney and Head of Programme
Giovanni De Gregorio
University of Oxford
NG
Nancy Gutierrez
Colombia
Presidential Counsellor for Human Rights and International Affairs
Blake Harwell
Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the OECD
Senior Policy Advisor
Mr Othman Hashim
Human Rights Commission of Malaysia – SUHAKAM
Chairperson
Stela Luz Andreatta Herschmann
Climate Observatory
Climate policy specialist
Ms Gabriella Rigg Herzog
United States Council for International Business, USA
Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Labor Affairs
Tara Van Ho
University of Essex
Senior Lecturer
Charlie Holt
Greenpeace International
Legal Counsel for campaigns
GH
Guus Houttuin
European Union
Senior Adviser on Trade Issues, European External Action Service...
Mr Kennedy Igunga
Biocore Enterprises Limited, Uganda
Managing Director
Demet Ikiler
GroupM EMEA
CEO
John Ikubaje
African Union Commission (AUC)
Political Officer
Chelsea Elizabeth Islan
model
Théo Jaekel
Ericsson
Corporate Responsibility Expert - Business and Human Rights
Lady Nancy Zuluaga Jaramillo
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Legal Researcher with the Civic Freedoms & Human Rights Defenders
Justin Jos
PhD candidate
TK
Tarja Kangaskorte
Finland
Director for the Unit for Human Rights Policy at the Ministry of...
Claris Kariuki
Office of the Attorney General & Department of Justice
Senior State Counsel
Thandeka Kathi
Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of Witwatersrand
Attorney
Harpreet Kaur
UNDP Asia-Pacific
Business and Human Rights Specialist
Allana Kembabazi
Initiative for Social and Economic Rights
Program Manager
IK
Inamullah Khan
Pakistan
Secretary, Ministry of Human Rights
Tessa Khan
Uplift
Director & Founder
Mr Tony Khaw
NXP Semiconductors, Singapore
Director, Corporate Social Responsibility Sustainability Office
Ms Katarzyna Kosakowska
Polish National Trade Union of the Self-Employed "wBREw"
Vice-Chairwoman of the National Commission of the Union
Arnold Kwesiga
Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
Manager, Business and Human Rights
Paul Lalli
The Coca-Cola Company
Global VP, Human Rights
MERCY LARBI
Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice
Deputy Commissioner
Mary Lawlor
Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
Mauricio Lazala
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Deputy Director
Xiaohui Liang
Office for Social Responsibility of CNTAC; Peking University Law School
Chief Researcher & Deputy Director; Adjunct Professor,
Belkacem Lounes
Working Group on indigenous peoples of ACHPR
Member and coordinator of WGIP of African Commission on Human and...
TL
Tom Lyon
Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan
Faculty Director
GN
Guro Nygaard Lysdahl
Norwegian Ministry of Children and Families
senior adviser
Ms Dawn Madahbee-Leach
National Indigenous Economic Development Board (NIEB)
Chairperson
Sriram Madhusoodanan
The Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy (GCCLP)
International Policy Lead
Pamela Mar
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on Environment & Energy
Vice-Chair
Nora Mardirossian
Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment
Project Lead, Food Sector and Sustainable Development Goals
Sophie Marjanac
ClientEarth
Senior Lawyer / Climate Accountability Lead
Jena Martin
Virginia University
Professor of Law West
Tamara Mawhinney
Permanent Mission of Canada to the Office of the United Nations, Geneva
Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in...
Richard Meeran
Leigh Day
Partner, Head of International Department
Viraf Mehta
Partners in Change
Advisor
Sheri Meyerhoffer
Canada Ombudsman for Responsible Enterprise
AM
Angela Miller
Banco Inter Americano de Desarrollo /InterAmerican Bank
MM
Miriam Miranda
Organización Fraternal Negra de Honduras (OFRANEH)
Coordinadora General
BM
Benjamin Moeling
USA
Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Mission
Kinda Mohamadieh
Third World Network
Senior Researcher and Legal Adviser
Ms Rosie Monaghan
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
KnowTheChain Researcher & Representative
MP
Melva Patricia Gualinga Montalvo
Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku
Asesora politica
Alexandra Montgomery
Anistia Internacional Brazil
Programme Director
Luis Rodrigo Morales
OIE
Consejero Principal
DM
Diego Morejón
Ecuador
Undersecretary of Multilateral Affairs
Jovina Jovita Muchunguzi
CHRAGG Tanzania
Principal Investigation Officer
BM
Bernard Mujuni
Uganda
Commissioner in charge of equity and rights, Ministry of Gender,...
Jane S Nalunga
Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) Uganda
Executive Director
Thulsi Narayanasamy
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
Head of Labour Rights
Ara Marcen Naval
Transparency International
Head of Advocacy Defence and Security
Asako Okai
UNDP
UN Assistant Secretary General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and...
AO
Austin Onuoha
Africa Center for Corporate Responsibility
Executive Director
Melissa Ortiz
OHCHR
Business & Human Rights Unit
BO
Brynn O’Brien
Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility
Executive Director
Juana Toledo Pascual
Consejo de Pueblos Mayas
Christopher Patz
European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ)
Policy Officer
Astrid Puentes
Independent consultant on climate, human rights and environment
Former Co-Executive Director, Interamerican Association for...
Mohan Rabidas
JAGORON Youth Forum
President
Fanilo Rakotovao
Axian Group
Impact Social Director
Bobby Ramakant
CNS
Director for Policy and Communications
Caroline Rees
Shift
President
Bettina Reinboth
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
Director of Human Rights and Social Issues
Barbara G Reynolds
Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
Member
Humberto Cantú Rivera
Instituto de Derechos Humanos y Empresas, Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM)
Director
Githa Roelans
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Head, Multinational Enterprises and Enterprise Engagement
Johannes Rohr
International Work Group on Indigenous Affairs
Project manager
LS
Lisa Sachs
Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment
Director
Jenny Sandvig
Norway's National Human Rights Institution
Policy Director
Roberto Suarez Santos
International Organisation of Employers
Secretary-General
Livio Sarandrea
UNDP
Global Adviser, Business and Human Rights
Alejandra Scampini
PODER
Senior Advocacy Associate of PODER, Uruguay
Rebecca DeWinter Schmitt
Investor Alliance for Human Rights
Associate Program Director
Olivier De Schutter
UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Prasad Vijaya Segaran
Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil
Human Rights & Social Standards Manager (Community Wellbeing & Gender)
Zoha Shahid
Research Society of International Law
Senior Research Associate
Keith Shannon
UK 's Acting Migration and Modern Slavery Envoy
MJ
Mr Jonas Ben Sibanyoni
South African Human Rights Commission
Part-Time Commissioner
Yassine Skandrani
Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture, Hydraulic Resources and...
Sebastian Smart
INDH Chile
Regional Director
Nathalie Stadelmann
UN Human Rights Geneva
Human Rights Officer
KS
Katharina Stasch
Germany
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva
Debbie Stothard
ALTSEAN
Coordinator/Founder
Ruwan Subasinghe
International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)
Legal Director
SK
Senthil Kumar Subramanian
India
First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India
Renata Nascimento Szczerbacki
Petrobras
Petrobras Social Responsibility Planning and Performance Manager
Mr Nicolaj Sønderbye
UNDP Ukraine
Senior Democracy and Human Rights Advisor
Irit Tamir
Oxfam
Director, Private Sector Department
Matthias Thorns
IOE - INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF EMPLOYERS
Deputy Secretary General
H.A. (Hannah) Tijmes
Trade Policy and International Economic Governance Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
Deputy Director
Emmanuel Umpula
AFREWATCH
Directeur
Olena Uvarova
Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine
Head of Business and Human Rights Lab
Robert Vaughan
The Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Human Rights Officer (Focal point for Climate and Business and Human...
RV
Rongvudhi Virabutr
Thailand
Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Thailand, and...
Luis Vittor
Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indígenas (CAOI)
DV
Diana Vlad-Calcic
Sutharee Wannasiri
Accountability Counsel
Communities Consultant, Asia
Lene Wendland
OHCHR
Chief Business and Human Rights
PW
Patrick Wilcken
Amnesty International
Deputy Programme Director, Head of Business, Security, and Human...
Elin Wrzoncki
Instituto Danés de Derechos Humanos
Department Director, Human Rights and Business
Yann Wyss
Nestlé
Senior Manager, Social Impact
Ms Renata Yaresko
ENERGOATOM, Ukraine
Head of Public Relationship Department
Johnson, Ching-Yin Yeung
Clean Clothes Campaign
Regional Campaigner
Ms Inga Zarafyan
ECOLUR, Armenia
President
Jennifer Zerk
OHCHR Accountability and Remedy Project
Legal Consultant