Agenda: View the final Conference Agenda here.
When? Wednesday, 5 September 2007, from 8.30 am to 5 pm.
Where? University of Geneva – Uni Mail, Room MS160
Why? Building on the Global Compact Leaders Summit which took place in July of this year, reinforcing Human Rights as the first principle of the Global Compact and in creating momentum around the issue of Business and Human Rights prior to the 5th Session of the Human Rights Council scheduled for September 10th, this conference brings together leaders from the worlds of business, multilateral institutions, governments and civil society to discuss the role of business in protecting and promoting human rights.
Participating organizations will include:
- International Labour Organization
- Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Ethical Globalization Initiative
- International Chamber of Commerce, Switzerland
- TwentyFifty Ltd.
- The University of California San Diego
- Department of Foreign Affairs Canada
- Burson-Marsteller
- Council on Ethics (Norway)
- Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development
- Novo Nordisk A/S
- KLD Research & Analytics, Inc.
*This event was free and open to the public.
Register for the conference is closed.
