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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

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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

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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)

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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

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• 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