...[The] international forum ‘Business and Human Rights. Protect, Respect, and Remedy’ [was] held in Moscow on 16 March at the initiative of the United Nations and with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation... At the forum, Professor [John] Ruggie [UN Special Representative on business & human rights] presented international experience of cooperation of business, state agencies and civil society, talked about the position of the Human Rights Council, shared global and regional statistics data... The first section [of the forum], ’Protection’, was led by representatives of governmental bodies of Russia and Ukraine responsible for the protection of human rights. In the second session, ’Respect’, business representatives shared experience of implementing mechanisms of social corporate responsibility in their companies. In the third section, ’Remedy’, civil society representatives and human rights defenders raised the issues related to protection of human rights in the post-Soviet space. [participants included Russian Managers’ Association]