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2019 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

For further information on the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights please visit https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Business/Forum/Pages/2019ForumBHR.aspx

For further information on the work of the Working Group on Business and Human Rights please visit https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Business/Pages/WGHRandtransnationalcorporationsandotherbusiness.aspx

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13:30 CET

When Governments Fail to Protect: LGBTI Rights and the Role of the Private Sector Room XXV

15:00 CET

Building a child labour free MICA industry: The role of government, business, NGOs and communities Room XXV

16:40 CET

Corporate accountability: Lessons from recent legal cases Room XXV

09:00 CET

Minding the governance gap: Can we rely on private standard-setting initiatives as methods for prevention, remediation and accountability? Room XXV

11:40 CET

Protecting and respecting human rights in the future of work Room XXV

13:30 CET

Responsible use of artificial intelligence and biometric tools in high risk sectors? Implications of "Protect, Respect and Remedy" for military and security sector actors Room XXV

15:00 CET

National Human Rights Institutions and Access to Remedy: Lessons and the Way Forward Room XXV

16:40 CET

Catalytic examples of government measures that bring scale to priority business actions affecting children’s rights Room XXV

09:00 CET

Mediation as viable access to remedy? Room XXV

10:30 CET

Snapshot - Private Security Governance and National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights Room XXV

10:45 CET

Snapshot - Business and Truth: respecting human rights in transitional justice contexts Room XXV

11:00 CET

Snapshot - Solidarity or Obligation? The role and potential of symbolic reparations as a tool for non-judicial non-state remedy mechanism Room XXV

11:15 CET

Snapshot - Multi-stakeholder project experience focusing on corporate action where states are absent/failing in fragile contexts Room XXV

11:30 CET

Snapshot - Caste in the Global Supply Chain Room XXV

11:45 CET

Snapshot - A ‘failure to prevent’ adverse human rights impacts mechanism Room XXV

12:00 CET

Snapshot - Introducing the first hospitality industry training module on risks of modern slavery in labour sourcing Room XXV

12:15 CET

Snapshot - Children’s Rights and Business Atlas: Data-driven tools for impact assessment Room XXV

12:30 CET

Snapshot - Stonewall’s Toolkit for Employers - Tackling LGBTI Discrimination Room XXV

13:30 CET

Catalytic public-private partnerships: working with governments to drive business respect for human rights in the cocoa sector Room XXV

15:00 CET

Mind the Gap research: sneak preview Room XXV