Business, human rights and sustainability

The relationship between business and International Law has evolved a lot in the last 20 years. We have moved from a voluntary framework focused on Corporate Social Responsibility to a system of International Human Rights Responsibility. The UN guiding principles on Business and Human Rights, now 10 years old, mark a key turning point in this evolution. The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, formed by 5 independent experts, is the body in charge of the development and application of these principles. This meeting will be an opportunity to learn about this system and to ask ourselves about the place of other principles, such as corruption, good governance, public procurement, due diligence and, especially, sustainability, in this international system that has already been accepted as a working framework by the vast majority of states and by international organisations such as the OECD.

Subsequent dialogue between Fernanda Hopenhaym, member of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, and Juanjo Álvarez, Professor of International Private Law at the UPV/EHU. Moderator: Mikel Mancisidor, jurist and doctor in International Relations and Diplomacy.