📢LAST CALL!
The @WGBIzHRs kindly reminds all interested that the Call for session proposals for the 13th #UNForumBHR is still open till 19 April 2024.
🔗More info: ohchr.org/en/events/sess…
Pichamon Yeophantong Robert McCorquodale Fernanda Hopenhaym Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb UN Special Procedures UNWGBiz&Human Rights UN Special Procedures

Deadline extended until 16 April!

The United Nations Human Rights Council is calling for applications for our next Member from Eastern European States on the UNWGBiz&Human Rights
UN Special Procedures

Further information: ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/h…
#bizhumanrights #esg #HumanRights

⚠️Deadline extended until 16 April!

3 new @UN_SPexperts mandate holders will be appointed at the next Human Rights Council #HRC56

🔹SR Iran
🔹WG transnational corporations and other business enterprises
🔹WG use of mercenaries

Apply here: ow.ly/4AQS50Rbaem United Nations Human Rights Council

📢¡ÚLTIMO LLAMADO!
El @WGBIzHRs invita a interesados a la convocatoria abierta de propuestas de sesiones para el 13° #ForoONU de empresas y derechos humanos hasta el 19 de abril 2024.
🔗Más info: ohchr.org/es/events/sess…
Pichamon Yeophantong @DerechoInclusivo Fernanda Hopenhaym Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb

📢Dernier appel!
Le @WGBIzHRs rappelle à tous que l'appel à propositions de sessions pour le 13e #UNForumBHR est ouvert jusqu'au 19 avril 2024.
🔗Plus d'info : ohchr.org/fr/events/sess…
Pichamon Yeophantong Robert McCorquodale Fernanda Hopenhaym Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb UN Special Procedures UNWGBiz&Human Rights UN Special Procedures

📢LAST CALL!
The @WGBIzHRs kindly reminds all interested that the Call for session proposals for the 13th #UNForumBHR is still open till 19 April 2024.
🔗More info: ohchr.org/en/events/sess…
Pichamon Yeophantong Robert McCorquodale Fernanda Hopenhaym Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb UN Special Procedures UNWGBiz&Human Rights UN Special Procedures

I had a productive meeting with the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Y.C Maikyau, SAN, FCIArb(Uk), OON and his team on opportunities to deepen education and awareness on the #UNGPs in Nigeria. Thank you, Mr. President for the warm welcome.
#bizhumanrights #esg #sdgs

I had an interactive session with the diplomatic community in Nigeria, hosted by the Embassy of Switzerland. We discussed collaboration on #bizhumanrights & the #UNGPs in Nigeria. Many thanks to Ambassador Lukas Schifferle and his wonderful team for the warm welcome.
#esg #sdgs

We are honoured to host Prof Damilola Olawuyi SAN, Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb Independent Expert on Business and #HumanRights UNWGBiz&Human Rights . Grateful for the partnership with UNDP Nigeria for #BusinessAndHumanRights

Happening Now!
A Multi-Stakeholders’ Interactive Forum on Business & #HumanRights with the Independent Expert ⁦UNWGBiz&Human Rights⁩ Prof ⁦⁦Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb⁩ SAN in partnership with ⁦UNDP Nigeria⁩

Thank you Prof Damilola Olawuyi Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb, for your visit to #Nigeria , on behalf of the United Nations Working Group on Business & Human Rights UNWGBiz&Human Rights. United Nations_Nigeria welcomes the gov't's commitment to Business & #HumanRights . Human Rights in Business is key to sustainable dev't. #UDHR

I had a very productive meeting with the UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria Mohamed M. M. Fall on strategies to strengthen #bizhumanrights awareness and the implementation of the #UNGPs in Nigeria.
#sdgs #SustainableDevelopment #Nigeria

At the invitation of NHRC Nigeria & UNDP Nigeria, I arrived in Abuja for an academic field visit on behalf of the UNWGBiz&Human Rights. I met with UN agencies in Nigeria, and the Director General of the NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED LEGAL STUDIES. We discussed plans for promoting #bizhumanrights education in Nigeria.

📢Concept Note for the 13th #UNForumBHR is now available.
📝Call for session proposals is open till 19 April 2024.
🔗More info:
ohchr.org/en/events/sess…
Pichamon Yeophantong Robert McCorquodale Fernanda Hopenhaym Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb UN Special Procedures UNWGBiz&Human Rights

#NHRIs met today for a learning call organised by GANHRI WG on #BHR to discuss approaches to implementing mandatory HR due diligence regulations across various jurisdictions & how NHRIs can contribute to this evolving regulatory context.

Looking forward to our next exchanges!

The UN WG BHR, SR environment, and SR toxics have sent an open letter to the ISA ahead of negotiations on deep seabed mining starting today. Read it here: ohchr.org/sites/default/…

Robert McCorquodale Pichamon Yeophantong Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb Fernanda Hopenhaym Marcos A Orellana SREnvironment ISBA-HQ UN Special Procedures

🇨🇴 El UNWGBiz&Human Rights visitará #Colombia del 29 de julio al 9 de agosto de 2024. ¡Tu opinión cuenta!

Fecha límite: 15 de abril de 2024.

Más información: ohchr.org/es/calls-for-i…

Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb Robert McCorquodale Pichamon Yeophantong Fernanda Hopenhaym UN Special Procedures

How can businesses help tackle #ClimateChange ?

Follow #RightsForum24 panellists as they explore how businesses can increase their transparency and empower consumers to make environmentally conscious and socially responsible choices.

Register here:
fundamentalrightsforum.eu/registration/r…

The United Nations Human Rights Council is calling for applications for our next Member from Eastern European States on the UNWGBiz&Human Rights
UN Special Procedures

Apply by 8 April 2024.

Further information: ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/h…
#bizhumanrights #esg #HumanRights

UN Business & Human Rights Forum: Twelve Years and Counting.

Learn more about our Annual Forum on #Bizhumanrights in this latest podcast of Justice Matters at Harvard Kennedy School which features UNWGBiz&Human Rights’s Robert McCorquodale Robert McCorquodale

carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/news/un-busine…