Business and Human Rights: Comparing Experiences

Business and Human Rights: Comparing experiences

A look at the extraterritorial perspectives

Parliament Palace (Ciutadella Park), Barcelona 16 and 17 February 2017

February 16th

-The Right Honourable Mrs. Carme Forcadell I Lluís, Catalonian Parliament President

-Mr. Xavier Masllorens i Escubós, President of International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP)

Moderated by Mr. Jaume Saura. Deputy General - Catalan Ombudsman

-Mrs. Maddalena Neglia, Head of Globalisation & Human Rights, International Federation for Human Rights

-Mr. Isidor Boix, Secretary of Union International Action and Social Corporate Responsibility; FITEQA-CCOO

-Mr. Mauricio Lazala, Deputy Director of Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

-Mr. Roel Nieuwenkamp, Chair of the OECD Working party on Responsible Business Conduct

Coffee Break 11:45-12:15

Moderated by Mr. Amol Mehra, Director, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable

- Mr. Stephen Lowe, Head, Business & Human Rights/Freedom of Expression, Human Rights & Democracy Department, UK

-Mr. Bartjan Wegter, Deputy Chief of Mission, Netherlands Embassy in Spain

-Mrs. Linda Piirto, Advisor at Ministry for Economic Affairs and Employment, Finland

-Mrs. Paula Gaviria Betancur, Presidential Advisor for Human Rights, Colombia

Moderated by Mrs. Olga Martín-Ortega, Reader in Public International Law at Greenwich University, UK

-Mrs. Penelope Simons, Professor in Law, Ottawa University

-Mrs. Claire Methven O’Brien, Senior Adviser, Danish Institute for Human Rights

-Mr. Wouter Vandenhole, UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights at the University of Antwerp, Belgium

-Mr. Marcos Orellana, Director of Human Rights and Environment Program, Center for International Environmental Law, Washington, United States

February 17th

Moderated by Mr. Pablo Aguiar. Researcher at ICIP

-Mr. Amol Mehra, Director, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable

-Mr. Mark Taylor, Research Director, FAFO, Norway

-Mrs. Olga Martín-Ortega, Reader in Public International Law at Greenwich University, UK

Coffee Break 11’15-11'45

Moderated by Mr. Mauricio Lazala, Deputy Director of Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

-Mr.Roel Nieuwenkamp, Chair of the OECD Working party on Responsible Business Conduct

-Mrs. Silvia Ayuso, Academic Director and chief researcher at the MANGO Chair in CSR

-Mr.Douglass Cassel, Professor of Law, Notredame Presidential Fellow, Notredame University, United States of America

-Mrs. Marie-Laure Guislain, Globalization and Human Rights Program – CSR, Litigation Head Department, Sherpa, France

Moderated by Mr. Josep Ma. Gascón, Director, Strategy and Competitive Intelligence, ACCIÓ

-Mrs. Maria Prandi, Director, Business and Human Rights, Coordinator of the Annual Conference of BCHR Network

-Mr. Antoni Pigrau Member of the Governing Board of ICIP- Professor International Law at Rovira I Virgili University

-Mr. Felipe Daza, Member of Businesses and Human Rights Group of Lafede.cat – organizations for Global Justice and Roundtable for Peace and Human Rights in Colombia

-Mr. Narcís Bosch i Andreu, Director, Catalan Chamber of Commerce

-Mr. Antoni Pigrau Member of the Governing Board of ICIP- Professor International Law at Rovira I Virgili University

-The Right Honourable Mr. Raül Romeva i Rueda. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Institutional Relations and Transparency. Generalitat of Catalonia