Business and Human Rights Workshop: Dilemmas/ Grievance Mechanisms into Business Operations

Description

Participate in CSR Europe’s workshop on Dilemmas and Grievance Mechanisms into Business Operations for the Sustainable Supply Chains, Business and Human Rights Collaborative Project on Thursday 28 June, 10:00 – 17:00 CET, Berlin:

  • Gain a critical understanding of the expectations to business on grievance mechanisms and access to remedy as outlined in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
  • Learn from key experts in the field
  • Share your own perspectives and gather insights into what other companies are doing to implement effective grievance mechanisms into their business operations

Work on solutions that address dilemmas in regards to grievance mechanisms

10:00-10:30

  Registration

10:30-11:10

Welcome, context setting, tour de table

11:10-11:55

Introduction to Grievance Mechanisms

  • UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights and access to remedy
  • Overview of existing grievance mechanisms
  • Company-based grievance mechanisms

11:55-12:40

Grievance Mechanisms into Company Operations

  Perspectives on dilemmas/grievance mechanisms: interview format

  • European Commission, DG EMPL
  • Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
  • European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
  • NGO (tbc)

12:40-13:25

  Lunch

13:25-14:25

Company Insights into Effective Grievance Mechanisms

14:25-16:35

Establishing Grievance Mechanisms: Working on Solutions to Dilemmas

  • Working Group Sessions: Case studies

Participants divide into four workgroups to discuss how to establish grievance mechanisms

  • Debrief on workshop session – key findings

16:35-16:50

Wrap up and Next Steps

  • Key conclusions of the day
  • Next steps

For information and a full agenda, please click here.

Further information on the Sustainable Supply Chain, Business and Human Rights collaborative projects, click here.

Venue:

Econsense - Forum for Sustainable Development of German Business, Breite Straße 29, Berlin

To Register:

To register, Please confirm your participation by 22 June (Fri) to Mariya Stoyanova: ms@csreurope.org

Registration is open to all CSR Europe members

Organised by

CSR Europe

Contact

Mariya Stoyanova

Dates

28 June 2012

City / Country

Berlin, Germany

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