Workshop report on UN Guiding Principles in Business and Human Rights

On 29th October 20215, the last day of the ASEAN Responsible Business Forum, a consultation workshop titled “Implementing the UN Guiding Principles in Business and Human Rights” (“Workshop”) was organised. 

The Workshop was designed to gather input from government, business and civil society stakeholders on how developing national and regional strategies on business and human rights (“BHR”) can help create an enabling environment for the greater protection and respect for human rights in ASEAN. 
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Group photo of panel discussion at the workshop on UN Guiding Principles in Business and Human Rights

The Workshop was co-organised by the ASEAN CSR Network and the Singapore Management University (“SMU”), with support from the Government of Sweden through its embassy in Bangkok, the Asia-Europe Foundation (“ASEF”) with the financial support of the European Union, and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (“BIICL”).
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Panel discussion at the workshop

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Panel discussion at the workshop

For more details of the workshop, you can click here for the report.