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1st UN Pacific Forum on Business and Human Rights

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Elizabeth Mitchell

Association for Professional Observers
President
Eugene, Oregon, United States

https://apo-observers.org

We're interested in human rights of fisheries observers, who work alone on commercial fishing vessels and often face harassment, interference and death.

09:30 GMT+12

Opening Plenary: Promoting responsible business conduct in the Pacific Britannia room 1

11:00 GMT+12

Business and human rights: Introduction to the UN Guiding Principles and linkages with SDGs Britannia room 1

15:30 GMT+12

Gender* dimensions of business impacts Britannia room 1

17:15 GMT+12

Special Address: Closing of day one Britannia room 1

09:00 GMT+12

Plastic pollution impacts on human rights in the pacific region Britannia room 3 Responsible Extractives in the Pacific: realities and challenges Britannia room 1

11:00 GMT+12

Building Back Better – the UNGPs, the Right to Development and the 2030 Agenda Britannia room 3 Implementing UN Guiding Principles: Pathways for the Pacific Britannia room 1

13:30 GMT+12

Access to Remedy and Corporate Accountability Britannia room 3 Contemporary forms of slavery and labour rights Britannia room 1

15:30 GMT+12

Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders in the Pacific Britannia room 1 Entrepreneurship in sustainable development and future generations Britannia room 3

17:15 GMT+12

Closing Plenary: Way Forward in Implementing UN Guiding Principles in the Pacific Britannia room 1