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OHCHR and business and human rights
This page contains statements made on the topic of business and human rights.
| Speaker | Event or Statement | Date |
|---|---|---|
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Press release - UN Human Rights Chief urges EU leaders to approve key business and human rights legislation | 13 February 2024 |
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Statement – 2023 Sporting Chance Forum | 5 December 2023 |
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Statement - Generative Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Summit | 30 November 2023 |
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Opening statement – 12th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights: Towards Effective Change in Implementing Obligations, Responsibilities and Remedies | 27 November 2023 |
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Press release – Türk urges alignment between EU, UN rules on business and human rights | 27 October 2023 |
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Opening remarks – 9th Session of the IGWG on TNCs and OBEs | 23 October 2023 |
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Statement – Engaging Business Forum, Atlanta, Georgia | 12 October 2023 |
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Statement – VIII Regional Forum of Business and Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean | 11 October 2023 |
| Deputy High Commissioner Nada Al-Nashif | Statement – HRC panel discussion on cyberbullying against children | 27 September 2023 |
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Statement – 4th Finance in Common Summit | 6 September 2023 |
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Statement – High level side event of the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council on artificial intelligence | 12 July 2023 |
| Deputy High Commissioner Nada Al-Nashif | Statement – HRC panel discussion on the role of digital, media and information literacy in the promotion and enjoyment of the right to freedom of opinion and expression | 3 July 2023 |
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Statement – Global Digital Compact: Deep-dive on Human Rights Online | 8 May 2023 |
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Statement – World Standards Cooperation meeting on human rights and digital technology | 24 February 2023 |
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Statement – Opening of the IOE Centre on Human Rights and Responsible Business Conduct | 12 December 2022 |
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Closing statement – 11th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights: Rights holders at the Centre: Strengthening accountability to advance business respect for people and planet in the next decade | 1 December 2022 |
| High Commissioner Volker Türk | Opening remarks – 8th Session of the IGWG on TNCs and OBEs | 24 October 2022 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – United Nations Global Compact Leaders’ Summit: State of the World | 1 June 2022 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – G7: Sustainable value chains – Success factors for an internationally accepted binding standard | 6 May 2022 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Opening statement – 10th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights: The next decade of business and human rights: increasing the pace and scale of action to implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights | 29 November 2021 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Opening statement – 7th Session of the IGWG on TNCs and OBEs | 25 October 2021 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Press briefing note – Tribute to John Ruggie | 21 September 2021 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – HRC Panel on the 10th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights | 29 June 2021 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – Business Launch of the Roadmap for the better implementation of the UN Guiding Principles On Business And Human Rights | 21 June 2021 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Video Statement – 10th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights | 16 June 2021 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – Berlin Dialogue on Business and Human Rights | 18 May 2021 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Video message – Women Economic Forum: Chile | 18 March 2021 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Opening statement – 9th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights: Preventing business-related human rights abuses: The key to a sustainable future for people and planet | 16 November 2020 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Opening statement – 6th Session of the IGWG on TNCs and OBEs | 26 October 2020 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Speech – IDEA Colloquium | 15 October 2020 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – 2020 Virtual Engaging Business Forum | 7 October 2020 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Video message – UN Global Compact Private Sector Forum | 21 September 2020 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Video message – International Virtual Conference on Human Rights in Business: Prosperity Through Diversity | 25 June 2020 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – UN Global Compact Leaders Summit | 18 June 2020 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – International Organisation of Employers Digital Dialogue: Covid-19: Impact on the Business and Human Rights Agenda | 29 April 2020 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Speaker – UN Global Compact Academy Session: COVID-19 and Human Rights: Protection of the Most Vulnerable on COVID | 28 April 2020 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – Coronavirus: Human rights need to be front and centre in response | 6 March 2020 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Opening Statement – 25th Conference of the Parties: Addressing access to remedy and the business and human rights dimension of climate change | 9 December 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Opening Statement – 8th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights: Side event: Two roads converge – linking the modern slavery and business and human rights agendas | 26 November 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Opening statement – 8th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights: Stepping up government leadership: from commitments to action | 25 November 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Opening remarks – 2019 Sporting Chance Forum | 21 November 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Public address – Harvard Kennedy School | 18 October 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Keynote speech – Human rights in the digital age: Can they make a difference? | 17 October 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – 3rd Committee of the UN General Assembly | 15 October 2019 |
| Deputy High Commissioner Kate Gilmore | Opening statement – 5th Session of the IGWG on TNCs and OBEs | 14 October 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Interview – ILC Daily Show: Securing Sustainable Transitions over the Life Course | 17 June 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – ILO Thematic Forum | 14 June 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – International Organization of Employers Roundtable on Inclusive Multilateralism, Business and the SDGs | 8 May 2019 |
| Deputy High Commissioner Kate Gilmore | Address – Launch of the Northern Ireland Declaration on Sports and Human Rights | 29 April 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – "Smart mix" of measures needed to regulate new technologies | 24 April 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains | 23 April 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – United States Council for International Business Roundtable: How Business Can Work with the UN to Advance Respect for Human Rights, Good Governance and Rule of Law in the US and Globally | 11 April 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Video message – Women Economic Forum: Reimagining Societies: Reclaiming Humanity with Gender Equality | 11 April 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – Meeting with German Confederation of Business Employers | 31 January 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Panelist – World Economic Forum: Slave-free seafood: On combating slavery and abuses in the seafood industry | 24 January 2019 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Video Message – 4th ITUC World Congress | 3 December 2018 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Opening remarks – 7th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights: The movement to ensure businesses uphold human rights is gaining momentum | 26 November 2018 |
| Deputy High Commissioner Kate Gilmore | Opening remarks – 4th Session of the IGWG on TNCs and OBEs | 15 November 2018 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – UN Global Compact CEO Roundtable: Closing the inequality gap – human rights as a driver for successful business | 24 September 2018 |
| High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet | Statement – First Ministerial Meeting of the Alliance for Torture-Free Trade | 24 September 2018 |
| High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein | Statement – Centre for Sport and Human Rights | 29 June 2018 |
| High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein | Speaker – UN Global Compact Academy Session: What Human Rights mean for Business | 29 May 2018 |
| Deputy High Commissioner Kate Gilmore | Remarks – Pride in Practice Conference: Australia launch of the Global LGBTI Standards for Business | 5 December 2017 |
| High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein | Statement – Sporting Chance Forum | 30 November 2017 |
| High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein | Statement – University of Geneva: Incorporating Human Rights in Business Education – The Way forward | 30 November 2017 |
| High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein | Statement – 6th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights | 29 November 2017 |
| High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein | Video message – 3rd Session of the IGWG on TNCs and OBEs | 23 October 2017 |
| High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein | Panelist – Berkeley Haas Dean's Speaker Series: Utilizing Technology to Protect Freedom of Expression | 28 September 2017 |
| High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein | Remarks – Tackling Discrimination against LGBTI People: Standards of Conduct for Business | 26 September 2017 |
| High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein | Statement – Ahead of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos | 13 January 2017 |
| High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein | Op-Ed – Dollars and Sense: How – and why – the private sector needs to stand up for human rights | 5 January 2017 |
| High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein | Opening statement – 5th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights | 15 November 2016 |
| High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein | Video message – 2nd Session of the IGWG on TNCs and OBEs | 24 October 2016 |
| High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein | Video statement – 4th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights | 17 November 2015 |
| High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein | Opening remarks – 3rd Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights | 2 December 2014 |
| Deputy High Commissioner Flavia Pansieri | Statement – International Conference on Business and Human Rights | 19 November 2014 |
| High Commissioner Navi Pillay | Opening remarks – 2nd Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights | 3 December 2013 |
| High Commissioner Navi Pillay | Opening remarks – 24th session of the Human Rights Council: Side event: How to safeguard the right to privacy in the digital age? | 20 September 2013 |
| High Commissioner Navi Pillay | Statement – Industry and human rights | 17 May 2013 |
| High Commissioner Navi Pillay | High-level session statement – 1st Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights | 4 December 2012 |
| High Commissioner Navi Pillay | Statement – Inaugural session of the Working Group on Business and Human Rights | 16 January 2012 |
| High Commissioner Navi Pillay | Statement – International Labour Conference: Employers’ Group | 7 June 2011 |
| High Commissioner Navi Pillay | Statement – 10th International Conference of NHRIs: Human Rights and Business: The Role of NHRIs | 8 October 2010 |
| High Commissioner Navi Pillay | Opening statement – 14th session of the Human Rights Council: Side event: Human rights and business – the role of National Human Rights Institutions | 31 May 2010 |
| High Commissioner Navi Pillay | Opening statement – OHCHR consultation on business and human rights | 10 May 2009 |
| High Commissioner Navi Pillay | Written contribution – Annual Labour and Social Policy Review: The Corporate Responsibility to Respect: A Human Rights Milestone | 2009 |