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Article

17 Mar 2014

Author:
International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR) & Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR)

[PDF] Latin America Dialogue on National Implementation of Business and Human Rights Frameworks [Bogota, Colombia, 17-18 Mar]

[Includes objectives of the dialogue, participant list, and agenda.] Objectives of the Dialogue: 1. Examine business and human rights (BHR) frameworks at the international, regional, and national levels; 2. Provide a platform for stakeholders in the Latin American region to share experiences on national and regional efforts to implement BHR frameworks to date; 3. Discuss best practices and major challenges in addressing key BHR issues within the Latin American region; 4. Discuss the concept of National Action Plans (NAPs) on business and human rights with regional stakeholders; 5. Share developments on NAPs globally and in regions outside Latin America with regional stakeholders; 6. Outline different approaches to developing NAPs and baseline studies, including desk-based and community-driven approaches; 7. Facilitate discussion with regional stakeholders regarding how relevant and valuable NAPs may be for the Latin American context; 8. Seek regional stakeholders’ views on how NAPs may be integrated into Latin American regional human rights processes and dialogues, as well as wider governance processes; 9. Seek views on what measures may be taken to support all actors in the region as they work for the development of NAPs, baseline studies, and other strategies for national implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and other BHR frameworks; 10. Provide a launch pad for collaboration on national and regional efforts to implement the UNGPs and other BHR frameworks across the Latin American region.