Tuenjai Deetes is a co-founder of the Hill Area and Community Development Foundation (HADF) in northern Thailand, near the borders with Myanmar and Laos. She is a former elected Senator and former Commissioner of Thailand's National Human Rights Commission. For more than four decades, she has worked to advance the rights of Indigenous peoples, local communities, and environmental justice. Today, she is also directly affected by transboundary pollution, as unregulated rare earth and critical mineral mining in Myanmar has contaminated the Kok, Sai, and Mekong river systems on which her community depends.

Deputy secretary general of International Economic and Trade Cooperation Initiative on Green Mining and Minerals (IGM), director of sustainable development department of the China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters (CCCMC), office director of Alliance of Chinese Business in Africa for Social Responsibilities (ACBASR). Li Tiantian long dedicates to global sustainable development and international industrial cooperation. She led the development of multiple sustainability standards for mineral supply chain in China, and the establishment and operation of the ACBASR. She is in charge of the implementation of bilateral cooperation projects between China and Germany and between China and the United Kingdom. She also has been leading the collaboration with international institutions including the UNIDO, UNCTAD and the OECD, providing expertise and practical guidance for policy-making and multi-lateral partnership. 

Dr. Prabianto Mukti Wibowo, MSc., currently serves as the Vice Chairperson of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) and as the Commissioner in charge of complaint handling. He also acts as the Coordinator for Business and Human Rights issues, with the primary mandate of encouraging business entities to respect human rights in their operations.

Mr. Matsuya has long been involved in citizen-led initiatives and civic movements, serving as a coordinator for a wide range of community activities. He is currently the Representative Secretary of Niji to Midori (Rainbow and Green), the Policy Information Center for Local Government Assembly Members, and Co-Representative of the Citizens' Network of Shizuoka for Considering the Southern Alps and the Linear (Chuo Shinkansen) Issues. After beginning his political career in 1987, during which he served as a member of the Shizuoka City Council and the Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly, as well as a policy secretary to a member of the National Diet, he has served five terms as a member of the Shizuoka City Council since 2009.

Barrister Aqeel Malik is a distinguished legal professional and Minister of State for Law and Justice, known for his expertise in Constitutional Law, Human Rights, International Legal Frameworks, and White Collar Crimes. Trained in the UK and the US, he holds an LLM in International & Comparative Law from the George Washington University Law School and completed his Bar Professional Training at City Law School, London and is a member of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, London, UK.

As a Barrister and founding Partner at ANZ Partners, he led high-profile litigation and advisory work across a range of legal disciplines. His practice particularly focused on matters involving the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), and International Dispute Resolution. His clients included multinational organizations, Foreign/Diplomatic Missions/Embassies, and development sector institutions.

Ms. Pichamon Yeophantong is Associate Professor and Head of Research at the Centre for Future Defence and National Security, Deakin University. She also leads the Responsible Business Lab and the Environmental Justice and Human Rights Project, which are funded by an Australian Research Council Fellowship. As a political scientist, Pichamon teaches and publishes field-based research on business and human rights, and the political economy of sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific. She has advised a range of civil society organisations, NGOs and government agencies on rights, security and investment issues, including Jubilee Australia Research Centre, Oxfam, and the Australian Water Partnership. Prior to joining Deakin, Pichamon held academic positions at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Princeton University, and the University of Oxford. She holds a PhD and MA from the Australian National University and a BA from Thammasat University. In recognition of her work with local partners on initiatives to support the resilience of women leaders and environmental human rights defenders in Southeast Asia, Pichamon was awarded the 2018 Australia 'Future Leader' Prize by the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.