- 10.00 Uhr: Welcome
- 10.30 Uhr: Keynote
- 10.45 Uhr: Panel I
- 13.15 Uhr: Two Parallel Multi-Stakeholder Workshops
- 15.45 Uhr: Reports from the Workshops
- 16.00 Uhr: Panel II
- 16.45 Uhr: Closing Remarks
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10.00 Uhr: Welcome
- Hubertus Heil, Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
- Udo Philipp, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
10.30 Uhr: Keynote
"Monitoring global value chains: towards an international consensus"
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- Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Olivier De Schutter, Professor of Law at University of Louvain, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
10.45 Uhr: Panel I
"Opportunities for a binding international standard on business and human rights"
More information about Panel I
Discussion with G7 and EU
- Rossella Accoto, State Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Italy)
- Sandra Hassan, Deputy Minister of Labour and Associate Deputy Minister Employment and Social Development (Canada)
- Anousheh Karvar, French Government Representative to the ILO, G7 and G20, Chair of Alliance 8.7 (France)
- Thea Lee, Deputy Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Labor (USA)
- Ronan O’Connor, Deputy Director, Department for Work and Pensions (United Kingdom)
- Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice (EU)
- Nobunao Tagaya, Senior Assistant Minister, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)
- Lilian Tschan, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany)
Interventions/reactions by stakeholders
- Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation
- Roberto Suárez Santos, Secretary-General, International Organisation of Employers
- Ana María Suárez Franco, Permanent Representative to the UN, FIAN International
13.15 Uhr: Two Parallel Multi-Stakeholder Workshops
Workshop 1: "Success factors for the acceptance of an internationally binding standard on business and human rights"
More information about Workshop 1
Presentation from Anita Ramasastry.
Panel discussions on the future of an internationally binding standard on business and human rights
Moderator: Prof. Anita Ramasastry, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
Confirmed experts and representatives include:
- Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Professor of Law, Queen Mary University of London
- John H. Knox , Professor of Law, Wake Forest University, former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
- Nicola Bonucci, Partner at Paul Hastings LLP, former OECD General Counsel
- Olivier De Schutter, Professor of Law at University of Louvain, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Interventions/reactions by stakeholders
- Ana María Suárez Franco, Permanent Representative to the UN, FIAN International
- Albert Kruft, Works Council at Solvay, European Works Council Secretary, Coordinator Global Works Council
- Kerstin Waltenberg, Volkswagen Group Compliance COO, Human Rights Coordinator
- Nanda Bergstein, Director for Corporate Responsibility, Tchibo
- Thea Lee, Deputy Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Labor (USA)
- Anousheh Karvar, French Government Representative to the ILO, G7 and G20, Chair of Alliance 8.7 (France)
Workshop 2: "Effective tools for businesses to identify and avoid child and forced labour (cooperation with Alliance 8.7)"
More information about Workshop 2
Presentations from Thomas Wissing, ILO and Caroline Rees, Shift.
Panel discussions on the role of fair and decent wages in fighting child labour
Moderators: Caroline Rees, Shift; Griet Cattaert, UN Global Compact.
Confirmed experts and representatives include:
- Atle Hoie, IndustriALL
- James Gomme, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- Irina van der Sluijs, Platform Living Wage Financials
- Katherine Chapman, Living Wage Foundation
- Renee Bowers, Fair Labor Association
- Alexdra Paltan & Julie Vallat, L’Oreal
Panel discussion on options for companies operating in high-risk regions
Moderator: Michael Windfuhr, German Institute for Human Rights.
Confirmed experts and representatives include:
- Max Tuñón, ILO Qatar
- Thomas König, Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry
- Lothar Rieth, EnBW
- Katja Müller-Fahlbusch, Amnesty International
- Sandra Hassan, Deputy Minister of Labour and Associate Deputy Minister Employment and Social Development, Canada
15.45 Uhr: Reports from the Workshops
- Anita Ramasastry, Professor of Law at University of Washington, member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
- Caroline Rees, Shift
- Michael Windfuhr, German Institute for Human Rights
16.00 Uhr: Panel II
"Building on international authoritative standards: The right balance between soft and hard law"
More information about Panel II
- Lene Wendland, Chief of the Business and Human Rights Section, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), virtual
- Mathias Cormann, OECD Secretary-General
- Martha Newton, ILO Deputy Director-General
16.45 Uhr: Closing Remarks
- Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Carsten Stender, Director-General, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Durch den Tag führte Conny Czymoch.