Conference Papers
Aide Memoire
Human Rights and Business German Forum Human Rights, October 2011 (German only)
Miriam Saage-Maaß
Labour Conditions in the Global Supply Chain: What Is the Extent and Implications of German Corporate Responsibility? International Policy Analysis, November 2011
ECCHR Policy Paper
A Comparison of National Contact Points - Best Practices in OECD
Complaints Procedures
William Nee
Closing Governance Gaps:
How best to improve workers’ rights in China
Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal
Strategic Litigation as Part of the Alternative Lawyering Strategies in the Philippines
A SALIGAN Mindanaw perspective
Publications
Christiane Gerstetter and Alexander Kamieth (for Germanwatch):
Unternehmensverantwortung - Vorschläge für EU-Reformen
MISEREOR/ECCHR/Brot für die Welt:
Transnationale
Unternehmen in Lateinamerika: Gefahr für die Menschenrechte?
FES/ OHCHR/Institute for Human Rights & Business Expert Workshop
4-5 July 2011, Geneva:
What Next for Business and Human Rights at the United Nations?
Report of FES Workshop on the "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework
June 2010, Geneva:
CorA/CCC: Mythos CSR - Unternehmensverantwortung und Regulierungslücken Reformvorschläge & Forderungen an die Bunderegierung
Auszüge aus Kapitel 7 des Buches "Mythos CSR"
All publications of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung on the topic of Human Rights are to be foundhere.
Contact at FES
Britta Utz
Global Policy and Development
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Hiroshimastr. 28, D-10785 Berlin
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Mail Britta.Utz[at]fes.de
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Rights and Accountability
The Way Ahead for Business and Human Rights
International Conference on 21-22 November 2011 in Berlin
Conference Hosts
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Background
The symposium aims to bring together leading actors working on business and human rights, including government officials, Parliamentarians, representatives from business, academia and NGOs.
The meeting will provide an opportunity to exchange views on implementing the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights in Germany and Europe.
The conference is organized by Germanwatch, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, MISEREOR and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) as well as the German civil society networks Forum Human Rights and Corporate Accountability (CorA). The expert meeting is designed to discuss policy approaches to implement the state duty to protect against human rights abuses by private actors.
Furthermore, the conference is concentrating on effective remedies for those affected by corporate human rights abuses. Deliberations will focus on access to justice and opportunities for corporate liability.
Conference Agenda
download conference programme here or choose the German version
- Please note that participation is possible upon personal invitation only -
Video Message by Richard Howitt
Watch the Video Message to the Conference by Richard Howitt, Member of the European Parliament for the East of England, European Parliament Rapporteur on Corporate Social Responsibility that was screened at the opening of the conference on November 21st, 2011:
Press Statement by organizers of the Conference
open press statement German version
Look at more pictures (click on one of them) in the photo gallery
Presentations by the speakers
Substantiation of the state duty to protect in the context of German export business assistance
Brigitte Hamm
Business and Human Rights: Challenges and Perspectives
Michael Windfuhr
Legal Opportunities to improve Europe’s Corporate Accountability Framework
Filip Gregor
Presentation of Raymond Salas in Working Group 1
Raymond Salas
“Those who have less in life should have more in law”:
How to address the imbalance of power
Raymond Salas
Conference Venue
Coming from Lützowplatz you can walk on either side of the river until you are facing the red building of FES House II at Hiroshimastrass 28, on the corner of Reichpietschufer.