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16 Jul 2013

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UN Working Group on business & human rights

Outcome of the fifth session of the Working Group n the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

The Working Group...held its fifth session from 17 to 21 June 2013, in Geneva. At that session, the Working Group discussed its programme of work and activities for 2013 and 2014, forthcoming country visits and reports, its thematic report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the Guiding Principles...in the context of...impact[s] on indigenous peoples, follow-up to the 2012 Forum on Business and Human Rights and preparation for the 2013 Forum...preparations for the regional Forum on Business and Human Rights for the Latin America and Caribbean...[The] Working Group held meetings with representatives of Member States, as well as of the Gender Reference Group, the Global Reporting Initiative and Shift. It also held a panel discussion open to the general public on managing human rights risks in the garment sector supply chain...