16-07-2021 10:00
High-Level Conference on the Global State of Human Rights
Hearings
DROI
On 16 July 2021, the first Global State of Human Rights conference will take place at the Monastery of San Nicolò – Venice-Lido (Italy) and at the European Parliament (Brussels), to discuss the state of Human Rights in the world. This event, jointly organised by the Global Campus of Human Rights and the European Parliament, will gather MEPs, EU Commissioners, Nobel Peace Prize Recipients, Sakharov Prize Laureates, International organisations’ high representatives, academia and stakeholders.
Participants include the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, the President of Global Campus of Human Rights, Veronica Gomez, regional and local authorities, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, the Secretary-General of the European External Action Service, Stefano Sannino, the Secretary General of Amnesty International, Agnès Callamard, and Denis Mukwege, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient 2018 and Sakharov Prize Laureate 2014.
In three panels, speakers will explore how to use the newly approved EU law on due diligence to make business responsive to human rights, how international justice can help ensure accountability, and what challenges a values-based foreign policy faces when responding to human rights and democracy issues around the world.
In three panels, speakers will explore how to use the newly approved EU law on due diligence to make business responsive to human rights, how international justice can help ensure accountability, and what challenges a values-based foreign policy faces when responding to human rights and democracy issues around the world.
- Draft programme of the conference (PDF - 1 MB)
- Biographies of the speakers (PDF - 5 MB)
- Press statement
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Video of the conference
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Panel 1: Improving the Business and Human Rights relationship: What role can due diligence and a values-centred approach play?
- European Parliament resolution of 10 March 2021 with recommendations to the Commission on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability
- Opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs for the Committee on Legal Affairs with recommendations to the Commission on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability
- Briefing by the Policy Department on the Human Rights Due Diligence Legislation - Options for the EU
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Panel 2: A Pandemic of Impunity: Why Does Accountability Matter?
- Human rights and democracy in the world and the EU’s policy on the matter – annual report 2019
- State of play of existing instruments for combating impunity for international crimes
- Truth and Justice Charter - A Common Vision on the Question of Enforced Disappearance and Arbitrary Detention in Syria by Syrian Victims’ and Family Members’ Organisations
- Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) ICC Review Team Paper
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Panel 3: What is a values-based foreign policy worth when responding to human rights and democracy issues around the world?