IHRB at the UN Business and Human Rights Forum, 2024
Between November 25-27, IHRB colleagues will be in Geneva, Switzerland, to participate in a series of engagements during the UN Business and Human Rights Forum – the largest annual gathering to discuss current business-related human rights issues.
IHRB's team members attending the forum are Tokelo Shai (Programme Manager, Just Transitions); Salil Tripathi (Senior Advisor on Global Issues); and John Morrison (Chief Executive).
Browse the different events we're contributing to and register to attend below.
Networking Reception
Join IHRB, Global Business Initiative for Human Rights (GBI) and TrustWorks Global for an evening of networking on the topic of responsible business activities in conflict-affected areas.
- When: Monday, 25 November 2024, 6:30pm - 8:30pm CET
- Where: TrustWorks’ Offices at Rue de l’Evêché 1 in Old Town, Geneva
Corporate accountability for development disasters – Bhopal 40 years on
- When: 26 November 2024, 12pm-1.45pm CET
- Where: Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, Room XXVII
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster in India in December 1984. In this session, speakers representing survivors, activists, legal scholars, policy advocates, investors, and human rights practitioners will speak about what went wrong, the continued injustice, the hazardous development model, and the legal impediments ahead.
Speakers
- Salil Tripathi, Institute for Human Rights and Business
- Tahira Sultan, Survivor of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy
- Tim Edwards-Khan, Executive Trustee, The Bhopal Medical Appeal
- Dr. Usha Ramanathan, Independent Legal Scholar
- Gabriela Quijano, Independent Business and Human Rights Specialist
- Bennett Freeman, Former Senior Vice President, Calve Investments
- Tulika Bansal, Independent Business and Human Rights Expert (moderator)
Register to join the event in person
Realizing a Smart Mix of Measures for Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent in the Context of Business Activities
- When: 27 November 2024, 1.15-2.30pm CET
- Where: Salle du CAV, Geneva, Switzerland
This session will explore the impact of business activity in the context of deep-rooted social structures such as discrimination based on work and descent, and its adverse impacts on human rights. Speakers will discuss ways in which this can be addressed through the UN Guiding Principles and a smart mix of measures. This includes States taking steps to protect these communities from human rights violations by businesses and ensuring access to decent work; human rights due diligence and transparency in reporting of operations and supply chains by businesses; and a role for civil society to hold States and businesses to account.
Speakers
- Salil Tripathi, Institute for Human Rights and Business
- Prof. Surya Deva, Special Rapporteur Right to Development
- Dr. Nimalka Fernando, President, International Movement Against All Form of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR)
- Simona Torotcoi, GFoD, Europe
