EXPERT MEETING ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS,
29 January 2018
European Commission ''L/130'' building, Rue de la Loi 130
Room: LOI.130.A (11th floor)
Agenda
Objective of the meeting:
To exchange views with EU Member States experts and colleagues
from the EU institutions on strategic approaches to business and human rights
Welcome coffee
09.30-09.45: Opening of the meeting, Ms Lotte Knudsen, Managing Director, Human Rights,
Global and Multilateral Issues, European External Action Service
I. Implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
09.45-10.30: Exchange of views on the UN Guiding Principles with Ms Rachel Davis,
Managing Director of Shift, former adviser of UNSRSG Prof John Ruggie via video call
10.30-11.30: National Action Plans: exchange of best practises (input by DE, NL),
engagement with the civil society and business (input by BE); EU's support to NAPs in
partner countries (input by COM)
11.30-12.30: Scope of due diligence as a consideration and further development of the due
diligence standard (input by FR, EEAS, COM)
12.30-13:30: Overarching EU Action Plan on Business and Human Rights – a possibility?
(EEAS, COM, EU MS)
II. Way forward in the multilateral for a
15.00-16.00: Options for a treaty on Business and Human Rights– exchange of views with Mr
Douglas Cassel, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
16.00 – 17.00: Internal brainstorming on ways forward in the various multilateral tracks
(EEAS, COM, EU MS)
17.00: Conclusions of the meeting