The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights has produced an Information Note on Climate Change and the UNGPs.

ohchr.org/sites/default/…
#bizhumanrights #humanrights #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis

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' Opportunity to intergrate Human and Environmental Rights into land - Based investments'
East Africa Conferences on Business and Human Rights 2023.
Business should be at the forefront
to embrace Respect, Prevent and Remedy framework. #HumanRights
#UNGPs
#sustainability

The UNESCO Chair at HBKU,
Prof. Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb addressed the International Conference on Climate Change and Human Rights in Doha. He discussed the UNGPs in the context of tackling the #ClimateEmergency . #bizhumanrights #SDGs #Sustainability #Africabhr

Thank you Anita Ramasastry for this insightful remarks: Government authorizations for arms exports are not a shield from criminal responsibility for arms companies. Their responsibility to conduct #hrdd is independent of that of states. #UNGPs #IIPillar ECCHR HumanRightsIC

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The 2nd African Business and Human Rights Forum, focusing on African 🌍perspectives & solutions for promoting #CorporateAccountability and the #UNGPs on #BizHumanRights

🗓️ 5-7 September
📍 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
🔗 bhrafricaforum.org

Full house at the #Bangladesh National Dialogue on #ResponsibleBiz

Great to see growing momentum in 🇧🇩 to advance #BizHumanRights and #UNGPs implementation – important tools to ensure a smooth and sustainable LDC graduation in 2026. UNDP Bangladesh UNDP Business and Human Rights ILO Bangladesh

Day 1 of #bhr summerschool2023 with keynote speech of Nadia Bernaz on old problems and future challenges in #bhr field area.
Chiara Macchi Marta Bordignon IRISS CNR HumanRightsIC #duediligence #ungps

Beyond delighted to share my first ever published article ‘The UNGPs and ISDS: Should Businesses Assess the Human Rights Impacts of Investor–State Arbitration?’ available open access in the wonderful BHR Journal cambridge.org/core/journals/… 1/

I have a new article out identifying the double (private-public) movement underlying #HRDD and charting some of #Ruggie 's ideas and commitments which paved the way for it.

The first 50 copies are freely available at tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

#BizHumanRights #UNGPs #DueDiligence

#CorporateAccountability #UNGPs #BizHumanRights #ABHForum
Joseph Byomuhangyi makes a case for the Legally Binding Treaty. He emphasises that voluntary measures are not enough. ISER Uganda ESCR-Net / Red-DESC ActionAid ActionAid International Uganda The ACCA Victoria de Mello CALS

The East African Region is leading in the implementation of #UNGPs on African continent.The collective efforts of partners:DanChurchAid(DanChurchAid Uganda), UNDP Africa DIHR SEATINI UGANDA UN Human Rights Uganda UCCA_Ug ISER Uganda Business & Human Rights Oxfam in Uganda has been key in this success.

Prof. Damilola S. Olawuyi (Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb ) we appreciate for delivering such an inspirational key note address titled,'The Uganda's Score Card' during the 5th Symposium on #BHR in Uganda.Your reflections on #UNGPs implementation was timely. You can listen in resourcerightsafrica.org/videos/

Inspiring afternoon w/國際特赦組織台灣分會, talking a/b the #UNGPs on #Business & #HumanRights , #Taiwan 's Natl Action Plan & global expectations of #responsible business conduct.

In photo: Work Better Innovations Guidebook on #ForcedLabour + Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) Dhaka Principles for #Migration with Dignity

Bridging the gap between #Laos ’ legislation & #UNGPs 🌉

UNDP Lao PDR hosted 3 consultations w/ 18 Govt agencies 🇱🇦 for the Assessment of Laos Regulatory Framework on #RespBiz :
📐 74 laws & policies assessed
⚖️ 152 recommendations on legal reform made

Extraordinary conversations in epic settings. This year’s #RBHR Forum demonstrated that the UNGPs on #bizhumanrights has cemented itself in the Asia discourse on responsible biz. W/thanks to partners ⁦European Commission⁩ ⁦Sida⁩ ⁦The Gov't of Japan⁩! ⁦⁩ ⁦

Interested in how to measure #bizhumanrights implementation? There's a new publication available providing an overview of how 30 national baseline assessments conducted around the world measure the implementation of the #UNGPs

humanrights.dk/publications/o…

We're participating in the 2nd African Business and Human Rights Forum where discussions will focus on creating African solutions for promoting #CorporateAccountability and the #UNGPs on #BizHumanRights
#ABHRForum

🗓️ 5-7 September
📍 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The final shot of an intense (& sunny !) week TMC Asser Instituut on the technologies of sustainability #DueDiligence .

26 speakers & 20 participants survived 1000s of questions.

Many thanks @Klaaseller from Amsterdam Law School for partnering on this adventure!

#BizHumanRights #CSDDD #UNGPs

Bishr Baker بشر بكر Pat Gelsinger is enabling #genocide in #Gaza putting brand and shareholders at risk. #Intel employees serve in the military that is committing war crimes. Intel claims their chips are 'conflict free' #Reparations #BDS #BizHumanRights #HRDD #UNGPs #DoubleStandard #CSR #SDG