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13th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights

Miriam Swaffer

SCS Global Services

Director, Social Impact

California, USA

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We can chat about EUCS3D, EUDR, and the alphabet soup of acronyms that comes with this work—I’m a safe person to ask what they all mean. Or we can dive into how to address challenges like child labor, forced labor, and migrant labor, or talk about reducing greenhouse gas emissions without harming human rights. I’d love to share my experience with lithium mining or geek out about palm oil, forestry, smallholders, and voluntary certification. And on a lighter note, tell me about your favorite tree.

9:00am CET

BHR informal dialogues: Just Transition Room XIX

10:00am CET

Exploring Reasonable Accommodation for Persons with Disabilities, including beyond the Workplace Room XX Migration, Business and Human Rights: Consultation for the Working Group’s 2025 Report to the UN General Assembly Room XIX

11:40am CET

Opening plenary Room XX

3:00pm CET

Beyond the Bottom Line: Effective Partnerships to Promote Fundamental Rights at Work Room XXIV Have Smart Mix measures worked for (W)HRDs, Indigenous Peoples and afro-descendant communities? Room XX

4:40pm CET

Empowering SMEs: Awareness Raising and Capacity Building in Business and Human Rights Room XX Ten years of debates and negotiations on a legally binding instrument on business and human rights: taking stock of progress and remaining challenges Room XXIV

9:00am CET

BHR informal dialogues: Conflict-Affected Areas Room XXIV

10:00am CET

Snapshot series on groups at risk: Addressing irresponsible disengagement for a just energy transition: empowering communities through a decolonization, decarbonization, and decentralization lens Room XXIV

10:25am CET

Snapshot series on groups at risk: Lessons and good practices on a smart mix of measures in the agricultural sector Room XXIV

10:55am CET

Snapshot series on groups at risk: Policy in Practice: The case for private sector action on reproductive rights at work Room XXIV

11:20am CET

Snapshot series on groups at risk: Lived Realities in Accessing Remedy: A Grassroots Perspective on Remediating Human Rights and Environmental Harms by Industrial Diamond Mines in Africa Room XXIV

11:40am CET

‘Smart Mix of Measures’ and Implications of European Legislative Developments in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia Room XIX

11:50am CET

Snapshot series on groups at risk: Prevention and remedy of human rights abuses in the value chains of “critical” minerals: insights and cross-continental learning from Latin America and Africa Room XXIV

1:20pm CET

Networking hubs: Professional advisors Room XXIV

3:00pm CET

Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the context of large-scale land acquisition Room XIX Snapshots series on practical approaches and tools on HRDD for business: Building effective grievance mechanisms: implementing a mix of solutions across the business ecosystem Room XXIV

3:25pm CET

Snapshots series on practical approaches and tools on HRDD for business: Embedding effective governance into company structures: Focus on Measurement Room XXIV

4:40pm CET

Towards more effective corporate accountability in Latin America: prevention, remediation and participation in the design of measures Room XIX

5:10pm CET

Snapshots series on practical approaches and tools on HRDD for business: The European Model Clauses and Responsible Contracting in Supply Chains Room XXIV

5:35pm CET

Snapshots series on practical approaches and tools on HRDD for business: Facing current and forthcoming regulations: A new collaboratively developed HREDD maturity assessment tool for companies Room XXIV

9:00am CET

BHR informal dialogues: Intergenerational Exchange on Business and Human Rights Room XX

10:00am CET

Progress and Opportunities to Strengthen BHR in the Middle East and North Africa Region Room XIX Snapshot series on stakeholder engagement: Lessons from influencing corporate performance on meaningful rightsholder engagement Room XXIV

10:55am CET

Snapshot series on stakeholder engagement: Combatting child labour in agriculture through multi-stakeholder engagement Room XXIV

11:20am CET

Snapshot series on stakeholder engagement: Nothing without us about us – putting rightsholders’ representation at the heart of Human Rights due diligence in food supply chains Room XXIV

11:40am CET

“Smart Mix” in Action: Progress and Opportunities for Advancing Business and Human Rights in Africa Room XIX

11:50am CET

Snapshot series on stakeholder engagement: Beyond ‘do no harm’ to shared prosperity: using a “smart mix” of measures to ensure a fast and fair energy transition Room XXIV

12:15pm CET

Snapshot series on stakeholder engagement: Fourth Pillar Initiative – Centering Communities in BHR Room XXIV

3:00pm CET

Snapshot series on other relevant topics of the BHR agenda: Smart-Mix Approaches to Business and Human Rights Education Room XXIV

3:30pm CET

Snapshot series on other relevant topics of the BHR agenda: Litigating Business and Human Rights Room XXIV

4:40pm CET

Closing plenary Room XX