Due to COVID-19, the 27th session of the Working Group on Business and Human Rights - originally scheduled from 5 to 9 October 2020 at the Palais des Nations - was held virtually on 15 October 2020.

• Member states (Private meeting - 15 October: 17:00 to 18:00, via Webex):
  Update and exchange of views on current and upcoming activities in relation to the Working Group’s different thematic priorities, and on the preparations for the ninth annual Forum on Business and Human Rights, to be held virtually from 16 to 18 November 2020, under the theme of “Preventing business-related human rights abuses: the key to a sustainable future for people and planet”