AGENDA

Explore the line-up of sessions for the United Nations Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum.

Note: Session information is subject to change. Please explore the schedule below for the latest updates.

WORKSHOP

09:30 - 11:00 ICT | Meeting Room A

Sustaining MHREDD Momentum in Asia: Sharing Regional Strategies for Resilient Campaigns and Lessons from the EU’s CSDDD

Session partners: Amnesty International, South Korea and Amnesty International, International Secretariat, in partnership with Amnesty International, Thailand

WORKSHOP

09:30 - 11:00 ICT | Conference Room 4

Asia-Pacific Business Caucus: Implementing Human Rights Due Diligence in Times of Disruption and Regulatory Complexity

Session partner: International Organisation of Employers

PLENARY

11:30 - 12:30 ICT | ESCAP Hall

Building Resilience, Advancing Rights

Formal Opening Ceremony

PANEL

13:15-14:15 ICT | Conference Room 1

From Protection to Power: Strengthening Indigenous Governance and Community-Led Remedy in Asia

Session partners: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, Land is Life, Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders Network in Asia, Network of Indigenous Women in Asia, PACOS Trust, Kapaeeng Foundation, Lawyers' Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples and Perhimpunan Pembela Masyarakat Adat Nusantara

PANEL

13:15-14:15 ICT | Conference Room 3

Resilience Under Pressure: What Must Hold, What Must Change?

Session partner: United Nations Development Programme

DEEP DIVE

13:15-14:00 ICT | Conference Room 4

Coordinated Action at Scale: Gender Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH) Prevention and Response in the Garment Supply Chain

Session partners: Reimagining Industry to Support Equality, Asia Floor Wage Alliance, Ethical Trading Initiative - Bangladesh, Commercial and Industrial Workers’ Union - Sri Lanka

WORKSHOP

13:15-14:45 ICT | Meeting Room A

Bridging Judicial and Non-Judicial Mechanisms for Migrant Workers' Access to Justice

Session partner: Migrant Forum in Asia, Mahendra Pal Singh

B+HR ASIA EXCHANGE CAFE

14:45-16:15 ICT | Conference Room 1

Learning and Practice Café

Session partners: Fair Finance Asia, ResponsiBank, Prakarsa, Transparency International, The Centre for Child Rights and Business, UNICEF, Break Free From Plastic, BABSEACLE, HSF Kramer, DLA Piper, White & Case, Youth Association for Development, Pakistan, EarthRights International, International Accountability Project, Just Ground, Japan Center for Engagement and Remedy on Business and Human Rights, Global Compact Network Japan, Sedex, Sal Forest Co., Ltd, Oxfam in Asia, Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development, Change Alliance Private Limited, FIHRRST, A Cube TIC, Greenpeace Southeast Asia, Serikat Buruh Migran Indonesia, Seafood Legacy

PANEL

14:45-15:45 ICT | Conference Room 3

From Risk to Opportunity: How Can We Unlock the Potential of Labour Migration for Workers, Businesses and Labour Markets?

Session partner: International Organization for Migration

PANEL

14:45-15:45 ICT | Meeting Room H

Adverse Climate Events and Human Rights Impact: Rethinking Resilient Supply Chains

Session partners: World Benchmarking Alliance, amfori

SPOTLIGHT: SEAFOOD SUPPLY CHAIN

14:45-15:15 ICT | Conference Room 4

Building Collaboration between Market and States in Advancing the Responsible Seafood Supply Chain in Asia

Session partners: Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative, Advocates for Public Interest Law, Seafood Legacy, Jangkar Karat Indonesia

DEEP DIVE

15:30-16:15 ICT | Conference Room 4

No Resilience Without Rights: Protecting Homeworkers through Human Rights Due Diligence and Supply Chain Governance

Session partners: HomeNet International, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing

PANEL

16:30-17:30 ICT | Conference Room 1

From NAPs to Mandatory Due Diligence: Are We Closer to Achieving the Smart Mix of Measures in the Asia-Pacific?

Session partner: United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights

PANEL

16:30-17:30 ICT | Conference Room 3

Beyond the headlines: What AI really means for the world of work

Session partners: Ius Laboris, ICARUS AI Inc.

DEEP DIVE

16:30-17:15 ICT | Conference Room 4

Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration and Co-Learning: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Third-Party Grievance Mechanism in Bangladesh’s Ready-Made Garment Sector

Session partner: The Remedy Project, LRQA

PANEL

16:30-17:30 ICT | Meeting Room A

Responsible Purchasing Practices for Resilient Supply Chains: From shared principles to practical action

Session partner: Fair Wear Foundation, Social & Labor Convergence Program

PANEL

09:00-10:00 ICT | Conference Room 2

Aligning Trade and Investment Policies with Labour Clauses and Labour Rights: Strengthening capacity, enforcement and social dialogue

Session partner: International Labour Organization

PANEL

09:00-10:00 ICT | Conference Room 3

Who Holds the Power? Advancing a Rights-Based and Community-led Just Transition Across Asia-Pacific

Session partners: Penabulu Foundation, Rivers and Rights, Community Empowerment and Social Justice, Asia Indigenous Peoples Network on Energy an Extractives, International Accountability Project

SPOTLIGHT: TOURISM

09:00-09:30 ICT | Conference Room 4

Building Resilience Through Inclusive Tourism: Advancing Stakeholder Participation and Sustainable Businesses

Session partners: Volunteer To The World, Amazing Thailand, Queermandu Tours and Travels

POLICY LAB

09:00-09:45 ICT | Meeting Room A

Beyond Green Metrics: Advancing Social and Digital Dimensions of Responsible Business Conduct under China’s National Human Rights Action Plan

Session partner: Lanzhou University Law School

WORKSHOP

09:00-10:30 ICT | Meeting Room H

Meaningful Worker Engagement: From Participatory Research to Action

Session partners: Article One, International Organization for Migration, Google, iSEE

PANEL

10:30-11:30 ICT | Conference Room 2

Strengthening Access to Remedy in the Financial Sector Amid Global Turbulence

Session partner: United Nations Environment Programme

PANEL

10:30-11:30 ICT | Conference Room 3

The Ethical Recruitment Marketplace: Creating sustainable and viable business models for ethical recruitment

Session partners: Consumer Goods Forum, Woolworths Group

SPOTLIGHT: PALM OIL

10:30-11:00 ICT | Conference Room 4

Collaboration for Impact: How companies are advancing human rights in the palm oil sector

Session partners: Proforest, Earthworm Foundation

DEEP DIVE

11:15-12:00 ICT | Conference Room 4

The Hidden Cost of Everyday Buying: A Shrimp Case Study on Human Rights Risks in Supply Chains

Session partners: ETI, Freedom Fund, Humanity United

B+HR ASIA EXCHANGE CAFE

10:30-12:00 ICT | Meeting Room A

Community and Trust Café

Session partners: ReAct Asia, Global Human Rights Centre, International Labor Organization, Nederlandse Cosmetica Vereniging, Children of India Foundation, UN Women, Thousand Currents, Heinrich Boehll Stiftung-Southeast Asia, Rejimon Kuttappan, Green Talent Generation, Save the Children Thailand, Terre des Hommes - Netherlands

DEEP DIVE

11:15-12:00 ICT | Meeting Room H

Community-led Approaches to Strengthen Human Rights Protections for Marginalized Groups

Session partners: Asia Dalit Rights Forum, Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent

PANEL

13:00-14:00 ICT | Conference Room 2

Embedding Human Rights Safeguards in AI Product Design, Development and Deployment: Taking a child rights-based approach

Session partner: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

PANEL

13:00-14:00 ICT | Conference Room 3

From Bans for Products to Impacts for People: Can forced labour bans deliver meaningful change for workers?

Session partners: Pillar Two, Fair Labor Association, Migrant Forum in Asia

DEEP DIVE

13:00-13:45 ICT | Conference Room 4

Heightened HRDD in Practice: Business Experience from high-risk contexts in Asia

Session partners: twentyfifty, Yever

SPOTLIGHT: CORRUPTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS

13:00-13:30 ICT | Meeting Room A

Integrating Anti-Corruption into HRDD for Stronger Governance and Supply Chain Resilience

Session partners: P/ PRABHAVEE

WORKSHOP

13:00-14:30 ICT | Meeting Room H

Responses to Trafficking to Scam Centres: Digital accountability, women's human rights and the role of the private sector

Session partners: Global Alliance against Traffic in Women, Immanuel Foundation Thailand, Stop Online Harm, York Law School

PANEL

14:15-15:15 ICT | Conference Room 2

Making Mandatory Sustainability Disclosure Work for Children’s Right

Session partner: UNICEF

PANEL

14:15-15:15 ICT | Conference Room 3

From Invisible to Invaluable: Reuse, Recovery and the Workers Holding Circularity Together

Session partner: Global Alliance of Incinerator Alternatives, BBC Media Action, CommonGood Behaviour Lab, Saamuhika Shakti

PANEL

14:15-15:15 ICT | Meeting Room A

From Compliance to Resilience: Building human rights due diligence into business and supply chains across Asia

Session partners: amfori, UN Global Compact Network Thailand

SCREENING

14:15-15:15 ICT | Theater

Global Electronics Supply Chains and Women Workers’ Voices: Special screening of “Women Workers from Vietnam”

Session partners: Supporters for Health and Rights of People in Semiconductor Industry, Korean Transnational Corporations Watch, Asia Monitor Resource Centre, Asian Network for the Rights Of Occupational and Environmental Victims

PANEL

14:45-15:45 ICT | Conference Room 4

From Marginalized to Recognized: Responsible sourcing pathways and a just transition for workers in material production and recycling supply chains

Session partners: BBC Media Action, HomeNet International, The Circulate Initiative, The International Alliance of Waste Pickers

PANEL

15:45-16:45 ICT | Conference Room 2

Remedying Harm to People and the Planet: What Works, What Fails, and Why

Session partners: Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, B&HR Access to Justice Lab - Macquarie University, Hasanuddin University, Bangladesh Center for Workers’ Solidarity, Community Resource Centre Foundation

DEEP DIVE

15:45-16:30 ICT | Conference Room 3

From Commitment to Credibility: Measuring Living Wage Gaps for Resilient Supply Chains

Session partners: IDH, IDH Solutions

SPOTLIGHT: FINANCE AND INVESTORS

15:45-16:15 ICT | Conference Room 4

Beyond Monitoring: Child labour, youth workers, women’s economic empowerment and family-friendly workplaces, a child and women’s rights approach to supply chain resilience

Session partners: Amundi Investment Solutions, UNICEF

PANEL

15:45-16:45 | Meeting Room A

Resilience Across Borders: How Women Reclaim Their Space

Session partners: Komnas Perempuan, APNED, APWLD, SAFENET

WORKSHOP

15:45-17:15 | Meeting Room H

The Hidden Roots of Harm: Mapping Power and Vulnerability for Effective HRDD

Session partner: CLC - Claire Lynch Consulting

PANEL

17:00-18:00 | Conference Room 3

Building Trust and Collective Action: Asia-Pacific Business and CSO Stakeholder Engagement Dialogue on Responsible Business Conduct

Session partner: International Organisation of Employers

DEEP DIVE

17:00-17:45 | Conference Room 4

Building Shared Approaches to Labour Data for Effective Human Rights Due Diligence

Session partners: Open Supply Hub, H&M, Dabindu Collective

PANEL

09:00-10:00 ICT | Conference Room 2

Rising Together: Inclusive procurement as an untapped lever for competitive and resilient supply chains in the Asia-Pacific

Session partner: UN Women

DEEP DIVE

09:00-09:45 ICT | Conference Room 3

Heat Mitigation as a Human Right: Effective interventions centering the lived experience of garment workers

Session partners: UC Berkeley, Green Bangla Garments Workers Federation, HeatWatch

DEEP DIVE

09:00-09:45 ICT | Conference Room 4

Independent, CSO-Led and Global Supply Chain-Anchored Non-State Based Grievance Mechanisms: Building synergies for advancing decent work in India and Asia

Session partner: People's Courage International

B+HR ASIA EXCHANGE CAFE

09:00-10:30 ICT | Meeting Room A

Innovation and Solutions Café

Session partners: Supply Unchained, Claire Lynch Consulting Ltd, Business and Human Rights Centre, BRIDGE Box by The Decent Co., Ltd., Social Innovation Research Center for Disaster Management, The IO Foundation, SAFEnet

WORKSHOP

09:00-10:30 ICT | Meeting Room H

Effectiveness and Evidence in Due Diligence Capacity Building: A peer-learning workshop for practitioners

Session partners: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, International Labour Organization, United Nations Development Programme

SPOTLIGHT: AQUACULTURE

10:00-10:30 ICT | Conference Room 3

Advancing Responsible and Sustainable Aquaculture for Resilient Supply Chains: Examples from the ASEAN Seaweed and Shrimp Industries

Session partner: SEAFDEC; Monterey Bay Aquarium

SPOTLIGHT: JAPANESE INDUSTRIES

10:00-10:30 ICT | Conference Room 4

Compliance with Japan’s New Migrant Workers Act: Transparency in Recruitment Fees

Session partners: The Consumer Goods Forum Japan, JP-MIRAI

PANEL

11:00-12:00 ICT | Conference Room 2

Realizing a Just Transition: Closing the gap between corporate ambition and contextual realities

Session partner: Business and Human Rights Centre

PANEL

11:00-12:00 ICT | Conference Room 3

What “Good” Looks Like: Effective partnerships between civil society and business

Session partners: GBI, The Remedy Project

PANEL

11:00-12:00 ICT | Conference Room 4

Building Effective HRDD and OECD NCP Mechanisms in Asia-Pacific: Preventing harm, strengthening accountability and expanding access to remedy

Session partners: Community Resource Centre Foundation, Walk Free, Korean Transnational Corporations Watch , Extra-Territorial Obligations Watch Coalition

DEEP DIVE

11:00-11:45 ICT | Meeting Room A

Invisible Compensation, Responsible Sponsorship: Advancing Fair Employer Responsibility for Migrant Workers

Session partners: Fair Labor Association, Domus 8.7

WORKSHOP

11:00-12:30 ICT | Meeting Room H

Sustainability Standard and dMRV for SCP

Session partners: AFMA, ProTerra Foundation, FoodChainID

PANEL

13:00-14:00 ICT | Conference Room 2

Closing Gaps in Accountability and Protection: Gender-Responsive Solutions from Women Workers in Supply Chains

Session partners: Women's Fund Asia, Platform Workers Federation of Thailand, Marsinah Indonesia, Dabindu Collective, Safety and Rights Society

PANEL

13:00-14:00 ICT | Conference Room 3

Towards a Rights-Respecting Energy Transition: Enforcing FPIC in critical mineral mining in Asia

Session partners: Indigenous Peoples Rights International, Asia Indigenous Peoples Network on Extractive Industries and Energy, Perhimpunan Pembela Masyarakat Adat Nusantara, International Accountability Project, Business and Human Rights Resource Center

DEEP DIVE

13:00-13:45 ICT | Conference Room 4

Protecting Workers, Respecting Families, Enabling Remedy: The role of business

Session partners: Ethical Supply Chain Program, UNICEF, Golden Cup Printing

PANEL

13:00-14:00 ICT | Meeting Room A

From Commitments to Accountability: Implementing mandatory human rights due diligence

Session partners: FIHRRST, Ministry of Human Rights Indonesia

WORKSHOP

13:00-14:30 ICT | Meeting Room H

Overcoming Migrant Workers’ Struggles in Accessing Remedies at the Bottom of Supply Chains

Session partners: Mekong Migration Network, UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute, Group of Entrepreneurs with Foreign Workers, Human Rights Development Foundation, MAP Foundation, Raks Thai Foundation, Yaung Chi Oo Workers Association

PANEL

14:15-15:15 ICT | Conference Room 2

Building Ethical Recruitment Together: Shared responsibility across complex recruitment ecosystems

Session partners: BSR, Bonanza Overseas

PANEL

14:15-15:15 ICT | Conference Room 3

Organizing Beyond the Factory Gate: Community-based monitoring, worker voice and access to remedy in garment supply chains

Session partners: Labour Education Foundation

DEEP DIVE

14:15-15:00 ICT | Conference Room 4

Beyond the Audit Report: Strengthening Competent Social Audits within Worker-Centred HRDD

Session partner: ASPCA

SPOTLIGHT: INFORMAL WASTE SECTOR

14:15-14:45 ICT | Meeting Room A

Beyond Tier 1: Making human rights due diligence work in informal recycling value chains

Session partner: The Circulate Initiative

PANEL

15:45-16:45 ICT | Conference Room 2

Pilot Lessons from Operationalizing FPIC and Grievance Redress with Agribusinesses in Rural Laos

Session partners: Land Information Working Group, Village Focus International

PANEL

15:45-16:45 | Conference Room 3

Building Trust and Collective Action to Improve Worker Rights in Southeast Asia

Session partners: Vietnam Rise, Ressources Humaines Sans Frontières, Tenaganita

SPOTLIGHT: INCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT

15:45-16:45 | Conference Room 3

Realizing Inclusive Employment: Overcoming communication barriers, ensuring participation, and enhancing legal protection for deaf workers in Indonesia

Session partners: Pusbisindo, Indonesian Sign Language Center Foundation

DEEP DIVE

15:45-16:30 | Meeting Room A

Whose Sustainability? Implementing EU Supply Chain Due Diligence from Global South Perspectives

Session partner: LexEd Research

WORKSHOP

15:45-17:15 | Meeting Room H

Navigating Due Diligence: A Practical Simulation Lab for Local Solutions

Session partners: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, Responsible Business Helpdesk Pakistan, The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Due Diligence Fund, The Centre for Child Rights and Business, Our Rights, Our Voice Rightsholders’ Platform

PANEL

09:00-10:00 ICT | Conference Room 3

Resilient Supply Chains That Protect Workers: Practical human rights due diligence in Asia-Pacific markets

Session partners: Responsible Business Alliance, Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation, Rights and Liberties Protection Department, Ministry of Justice, Royal Thai Government

POLICY LAB

09:00-09:45 ICT | Conference Room 4

Platform Power, Consumer Rights, and Corporate Accountability in Asia-Pacific: Advancing UNGPs in the digital economy

Session partners: Tifa Foundation, Open Net Korea

PANEL

09:00-10:00 ICT | Meeting Room A

Rare Earth and ‘Critical’ Mineral Extraction: From devastation to collective responses locally, regionally and beyond

Session partners: Earthrights International, Rivers & Rights, KOMNASDESA Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia for Global Justice, Mekong Butterfly, Community Resource Center Foundation, ETO Watch, Mekong Watch, Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders, Asia-Pacific Gathering on Human Rights & Extractives and Alyansa Tigil Mina

DEEP DIVE

09:00-09:45 ICT | Meeting Room G

From Compliance to Competitiveness: How Bangladesh's apparel industry is building a responsible business ecosystem through data, collaboration and transparency

Session partner: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

WORKSHOP

09:00-10:30 ICT | Meeting Room H

How to Create Your Own Grievance Mechanism Using AI and Humans: Delivering Timely Access and Proper Remedy in Global Supply Chains

Session partner: Inno Community Development Organisation

SPOTLIGHT: CARE INCLUSIVE BUSINESS

10:00-10:30 ICT | Conference Room 4

Invisible Care: Intergrating the care economy into responsible business supply chains

Session partner: SEAFDEC; Monterey Bay Aquarium

SPOTLIGHT: HEALTHCARE

10:00-10:30 ICT | Meeting Room G

Forced, Tricked or Trapped" to "Seen, Safe, Supported": A healthcare-led, survivor-centred model for identifiying and responding to modern slavery

Session partner: St VIncent's Health Australia, Office of NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans

PANEL

11:00-12:00 ICT | Conference Room 3

From Worker Voice to Action: Turning Worker Engagement into Better Human Rights Decisions

Session partner: Ulula (An EcoVadis Company), Pingtar

DEEP DIVE

11:00-11:45 ICT | Conference Room 4

From Participation to Power: Building resilient cocoa communities

Session partners: Be Slavery Free, Mars Snacking, Save the Children

SPOTLIGHT: CONTRACTS AND REMEDIES

11:00-11:30 ICT | Meeting Room A

Enhancing Responsible Supply Chains in Asia: From contracts to remedies

Session partner: Mori Hamada

PANEL

13:00-14:00 ICT | Conference Room 3

Collaborative and Worker-Centred Human Rights Due Diligence for More Resilient Markets and Supply Chains

Session partners: LRQA, The Mekong Club, Onwire Online

DEEP DIVE

13:00-13:45 ICT | Conference Room 4

Collaborative Pilot towards Eliminating Silicosis in Artisanal Small-Scale Mining

Session partners: IInternational Council for Artisanal Small-Scale Mining, Mine Labour Protection Campaign

PANEL

14:30-15:30 ICT | Conference Room 4

United Nations Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum, Asia-Pacific

AGENDA

WORKSHOP

Sustaining MHREDD Momentum in Asia: Sharing Regional Strategies for Resilient Campaigns and Lessons from the EU’s CSDDD

Session partners: Amnesty International, South Korea and Amnesty International, International Secretariat, in partnership with Amnesty International, Thailand

WORKSHOP

Asia-Pacific Business Caucus: Implementing Human Rights Due Diligence in Times of Disruption and Regulatory Complexity

Session partner: International Organisation of Employers

PLENARY

Building Resilience, Advancing Rights

Formal Opening Ceremony

PANEL

From Protection to Power: Strengthening Indigenous Governance and Community-Led Remedy in Asia

PANEL

Resilience Under Pressure: What Must Hold, What Must Change?

Session partner: United Nations Development Programme

DEEP DIVE

Coordinated Action at Scale: Gender Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH) Prevention and Response in the Garment Supply Chain

Session partners: Reimagining Industry to Support Equality, Asia Floor Wage Alliance, Ethical Trading Initiative - Bangladesh, Commercial and Industrial Workers’ Union - Sri Lanka

WORKSHOP

Bridging Judicial and Non-Judicial Mechanisms for Migrant Workers' Access to Justice

Session partner: Migrant Forum in Asia, Mahendra Pal Singh

B+HR ASIA EXCHANGE CAFE

Learning and Practice Café

PANEL

From Risk to Opportunity: How Can We Unlock the Potential of Labour Migration for Workers, Businesses and Labour Markets?

Session partner: International Organization for Migration

PANEL

Adverse Climate Events and Human Rights Impact: Rethinking Resilient Supply Chains

Session partners: World Benchmarking Alliance, amfori

SPOTLIGHT: SEAFOOD SUPPLY CHAIN

Building Collaboration between Market and States in Advancing the Responsible Seafood Supply Chain in Asia

Session partners: Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative, Advocates for Public Interest Law, Seafood Legacy, Jangkar Karat Indonesia

DEEP DIVE

No Resilience Without Rights: Protecting Homeworkers through Human Rights Due Diligence and Supply Chain Governance

Session partners: HomeNet International, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing

PANEL

From NAPs to Mandatory Due Diligence: Are We Closer to Achieving the Smart Mix of Measures in the Asia-Pacific?

Session partner: United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights

PANEL

Beyond the headlines: What AI really means for the world of work

Session partners: Ius Laboris, ICARUS AI Inc.

DEEP DIVE

Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration and Co-Learning: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Third-Party Grievance Mechanism in Bangladesh’s Ready-Made Garment Sector

Session partner: The Remedy Project, LRQA

PANEL

Responsible Purchasing Practices for Resilient Supply Chains: From shared principles to practical action

Session partner: Fair Wear Foundation, S​ocial & ​L​abor ​Convergence ​P​rogram

Session partner: Fair Wear Foundation, Social & Labor Convergence Program