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This timely conference will bring together affected rightsholders from the Global South, practitioners, policymakers and business representatives to discuss what’s key for the directive to effectively protect human rights, tackle environmental and climate impacts and ensure justice for affected workers and communities.
Panel discussions
- Panel 1 – From words to action: making due diligence truly effective: this discussion will explore risks and potentials of Sector Initiatives and audits, uncovering how companies can best meet their obligations outlined in the EU directive, as well as sharing lessons learned from existing practices.
- Panel 2 – The green mandate: CSDDD’s role in protecting our planet: speakers will examine the responsibility of companies in the transition to more sustainable societies, and how the CSDDD should effectively tackle climate and environmental issues.
- Panel 3 – Guaranteeing justice: victims’ right to remedy: the debate will promote ways to ensure that justice is accessible, affordable, and efficient for all victims of corporate abuse – one of the key objectives of the Directive.
Programme
10:30 – 10:35 Welcome
10:35 – 10:45 Keynote speech by Mirtha Vásquez, former Prime Minister of Peru and lawyer-advocate representing communities struggling against the adverse impacts of mining
10:45 – 11:30 Panel 1: From words to action: making due diligence truly effective
- Danilo Chammas, human rights lawyer for affected community in Brumadinho, Brazil.
- Belinda Christine Borck,Tony Chocolonely.
- Friedel Hütz-Adams, Südwind Institut.
- Rachel Davis, Shift.
11:30 – 12:15 Panel 2: The green mandate: CSDDD’s role in protecting our planet
- Frederic Hans, NewClimate Institute.
- Ceren Yildiz, BUND Germany.
- Tiemo Wölken, European Parliament.
- Benjamin Michel, OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct.
12:15 – 12:55 Panel 3: Guaranteeing justice: victims’ right to remedy
- Maxwell Atuhura, STOP EACOP activist.
- Sandra Cossart, Sherpa.
- Patrycja Pogodzinska, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
12:55 – 13:00 Closure
13:00 – 14:00 Networking lunch
Practicalities
- When: 11 October, 10:30 – 14:00 CEST, including networking lunch
- Where: and
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This event is organised by The European Coalition for Corporate Justice; co-hosted by Frank Bold, Friends of the Earth Europe and Justice is Everybody’s Business
