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31 Oct 2017

Author:
Guillaume Long, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights

Draft report on the third session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights

Please submit any factual corrections or clarifications by COB on Monday 13 November 2017. Note that typos etc. will also be corrected and the report will be edited to meet the word limit of 10,700.

Contents


I. Introduction 

II. Organization of the session 
A. Election of the Chair-Rapporteur 
B. Attendance 
C. Documentation 
D. Adoption of the agenda and programme of work 

III. Opening statements 
A. Keynote Speeches 
B. General Statements 
C. Debate: Reflections on the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and other relevant international, regional and national frameworks 

IV. Panel discussions 
A. Subject 1: General framework 
B. Subject 2: Scope of application 
C. Subject 3: General obligations 
D. Subject 4: Preventive measures
E. Subject 5: Legal liability
F. Subject 6: Access to justice, effective remedy and guarantees of non-repetition
G. Subject 7: Jurisdiction
H. Subject 8: International cooperation
I. Subject 9: Mechanisms for promotion, implementation and monitoring
J. Subject 10: General provisions
K. Panel: The voices of the victims

V. Recommendations of the Chair-Rapporteur and conclusions of the working group 
A. Recommendations of the Chair-Rapporteur 
B. Conclusions of the working group 

VI. Adoption of the report 

Annexes
I. List of participants 
II. List of panellists and moderators 

Timeline