2013 Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights
for Latin America and the Caribbean
© OHCHR Photo

The impact of businesses on human rights in Latin American and the Caribbean – First regional debate / Primer debate regional sobre el impacto de las empresas en los derechos humanos en América Latina y el Caribe

 

About the event

The forum provides a multi-stakeholder regional platform for constructive dialogue on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Participants will include representatives from global, regional and domestic businesses, industry associations, Governments, international and regional bodies, trade unions, civil society, national human rights institutions and other stakeholders.

The main goals are to provide capacity-building opportunities for practitioners and civil society, identify material issues on business and human rights in the region, and identify emerging innovative practices designed to manage corporate impacts and enable equitable development with a human rights approach. Results will feed into the global Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva on 2-4 December.

The organizers will engage relevant stakeholders in the process of preparing the forum and to reach out broadly across the Latin American and Caribbean region to ensure wide and balanced representation.

 

Participation will be subject to space limitations (350 approximately). For inquiries, please contact regionalforumbhr@ohchr.org or maria.eugenia.boza@undp.org. 

Invitation to civil society participants at the Regional Forum

Documentation:

• Agenda (English - Spanish)
• Rules of Engagement (English)
• Logistics note (Spanish only)
• Accommodation (Spanish only)
• Report of the Working Group on business and human rights to the Human Rights Council (2013)
• Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations 'Protect, Respect and Remedy' Framework
• The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights: An Interpretive Guide
• Report of the Working Group on business and human rights to the UN General Assembly (2013) addressing the UN Guiding Principles and the rights of indigenous peoples (unedited version, only in English; Spanish forthcoming)
• Statements and submissions
• Regional Forum photos
• Registered organizations

Side events, 30 August 2013

• Workshop - Reporting on implementation of the UN Guiding Principles (Document in English only. Interpretation during the event)
• Mini training - Guide for civil society organisations on how to use the UN Guiding Principles
• UN Guiding Principles Training - Principles in Practice
• Panel on the UN Guiding Principles in context of Indigenous Peoples
• National experiences on implementation: Vulnerable populations
• National experiences on implementation: Strategies, policies, and practices