2024 African Business and Human Rights Forum

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2024 African Business and Human Rights Forum

9:00am EAT

Business Caucus: Joint IOE-UNGC Safe-Space Session for Business and Employers Organisations TBA Closed-Door Session | Youth Leaders in Action: Championing Responsible Business in a Changing World Implications of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) in Africa TBA Indigenous Caucus: Interrogating Responsible Business Conduct in the Context of Indigenous Lands, Territories, and Natural Resources in Africa TBA NHRI Session: Dialogue on Synergies between Business and Human Rights NAPs and African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTFA) TBA

12:00pm EAT

Building Trust and Collective Action: Engaging Dialogue Between Business and Civil Society Organisations to Advance Human Rights TBA Effective Remediation and Sustained Compliance in the Ever-Evolving World of Work TBA Empowering Investors and Businesses to Tackle Child Labour in Supply Chains TBA Mechanisms: Communications Procedure TBA

2:00pm EAT

Access to Remedy and Restorative Justice: The Importance of Empowerment in Business and Human Rights Litigation TBA An African Perspective on How International Businesses are Identifying and Addressing Human Rights Issues TBA Joint Solutions to a Just Transition in East African Agribusinesses TBA Trade Unions and NAPs on BHR in Africa: Common Challenges and Lessons Learned TBA Workshop: Exploring the Remedy and Legislation Uses for the Updated OECD RBC Guidelines TBA

3:30pm EAT

Business Leadership on Disability Rights as Human Rights TBA Leveraging the Geopolitical Context: The Importance of Binding Human Rights Mechanisms to Access Remedy across Extractive Supply Chains TBA Unlocking the Business and Human Rights Potential: Leveraging Formalisation for Responsible Business Conduct TBA

9:00am EAT

Inauguration and High-Level Opening Plenary TBA

11:30am EAT

Capacity Building Session for Reporting on Articles 21 and 24 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights relating to Extractive Industries, Human Rights and the Environment TBA Children’s Rights in Global Supply Chains: lessons learned from the African context and way forward TBA

2:00pm EAT

Implementing the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights with Emphasis on Addressing the Unique Needs and Rights of Women Affected by the Mining Sector TBA Implications and Opportunities Arising from the Adoption of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive for African Businesses: Competitiveness, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development TBA

3:40pm EAT

Addressing the Issues Faced by Groups at Risk: Improving State and Business Practices TBA How can African stakeholders utilise the CSDDD to promote business accountability? TBA

10:00am EAT

A Win-Win: Using Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence to Advance Peace, Rights and Commercial Success in Conflict-Affected Settings TBA Challenges and Solutions: Empowering youth and women to achieve development through trade TBA Trade, Investment and Responsible Business Conduct TBA

11:40am EAT

Business, Human Rights, and the Environment (BHR+E) TBA Challenges and Solutions: Empowering Youth and Women to Achieve Development through Trade TBA Strengthening National Approaches on Access to Remedy TBA

2:00pm EAT

Africa’s Critical Minerals in the Just Transition TBA Responsible Business Practice for Better Migration Governance in Africa: Knowledge Cafe for Migration and Human Rights Stakeholders TBA Towards a Multistakeholder Approach for the Implementation of Human Rights Due Diligence for Responsible Artificial Intelligence in African Contexts TBA

3:30pm EAT

Closing Session TBA