A RECORDING OF THIS SESSION IS AVAILABLE HERE.
Interpretation in English, French and Spanish will be available The 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.
As the UNGPs turned 10 in June 2021, the convergence of the COVID-19 and climate crises, amid a number of other major global challenges, underlined why the need to bridge the gaps between actions of economic actors and respect for people and the planet is more pressing than ever.
Under the overall theme of “The next decade of business and human rights: increasing the pace and scale of action to implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”, the opening plenary will feature high profile speakers who will offer critical, original and creative thinking to inspire effective, human rights compliant action by governments and businesses to deliver durable solutions to global challenges.
Among the objectives, the speakers will examine several of the most urgent global challenges where the issues of human rights and the role of business intersect. A key aim of the opening plenary session is to provide leadership perspectives
on what is required by States and businesses to implement their respective human rights duties and responsibilities in order to achieve real change in the next decade and beyond. A key goal is to deliver a strong and timely call for action, to provide inspiration and help set the tone for constructive and solution-oriented dialogue over the three Forum days.
Key references:
- The “Road map” for the next decade of the UNGPs developed by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (UNWG) – to be launched at the Forum
Video Stream