Previous events : Promoting Responsible Business Conduct in Latin America and the Caribbean

 

This page provides access to all the meetings relating to the Promoting Responsible Business Conduct in Latin America and the Caribbean programme.

 

2020
5 November	Webinar on BHR and COVID-19 with the National Human Rights Institution of Colombia (Defensoría del Pueblo)
4 November	Regional workshop on RBC International Instruments and Human Rights for Unions. This event was organised by ILO
2 November	Webinar for businesses with the National Human Rights Institution of Argentina (Defensor del Pueblo de la Nación) and the RBCLAC Project
30 October	Multi-stakeholder roundtable to discuss the next steps of the NAP for Business and Human Rights of Peru. This event was delivered by the Ministry of Justice in collaboration with the RBCLAC Project
22 October	Perú Sostenible: Foro Perú XXI. This event will be delivered by PERÚ 2021 (national representatives of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development)
21 October	Practical training on Due Diligence for Panamanian businesses. This webinar will be delivered in collaboration with UNOHCHR and SUMARSE
20 October	Training in "Instrumentos internacionales en materia de empresas y derechos humanos". This event was delivered in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador and UNOHCHR
15 October	Launch of the elaboration process of the NAP for business and human rights of Ecuador. This event was organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador
15 October	Launch of the project CERPYME, Colombia. This event was organised by AHK Colombia
14 October	Workshop on Due Diligence. This event was co-organised by the OECD, UNOHCHR and SUMARSE (Panama)
7 October	Workshop on National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights, co-organised by the RBCLAC project with the Government of Costa Rica
5-16 October	OECD virtual fact-finding mission for the development of the RBC policy review of Mexico
2 October	Third Roundtable on Economic Informality in the Framework of the National Plan of Action on Business and Human Rights of Peru. Thie event was organised by the Ministry of Justice of Peru
24 September	Launch of the Portuguese version of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for RBC at the Conference “Implementar a Conduta Empresarial Responsável na Amazônia durante a Covid-19: diálogo com o projeto CERALC”. This event was organised by the Ministry of Economy of Brazil and U:Verse and the RBCLAC project
24 September	Annual Forum “Colombia Sostenible” – Panel: Inversión para el desarrollo sostenible en Colombia. This event was organised by Procolombia
16 September	Workshop on Human Rights Due Diligence: Theory and Practice of International Standards. This event was co-organised by the RBCLAC project and the Government of Costa Rica
16 September	Webinar “Debida diligencia de las empresas en derechos humanos”. This event was organised by La Sabana University of Colombia
10 September	Meeting with National Contact Points and National Human Rights Institutions of Latin America and the Caribbean. This event was delivered remotely in the framework of the V Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights.
7-11 September	V Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights. This event was delivered remotely by OHCHR with the support of OECD.
10 August	Virtual discussion about the problem of Informality in the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, Peru. This event was organised by the Ministry of Justice of Peru
5 August	Workshop on Responsible Business Conduct and International Instruments on Business and Human Rights. This event was co-ordinated with the Government of Costa Rica
16 July	6th meeting of the Regional Network of LAC NCPs
15 July	Regional Dialogue: RBC and business responses to COVID. This event was delivered remotely in collaboration with OHCHR and ILO, OECD Mexico Centre and IOE
9 July	Webinar on COVID-19 and RBC. This event was delivered remotely in collaboration with EU Delegation to Brazil, OHCHR and ILO
6-7 July	Workshop on Due Diligence. This event was delivered remotely in collaboration with Global Compact Argentina and OHCHR
1 July	Business and Human Rights Innovations in the EU and Latin America. This event was delivered remotely in collaboration with the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation
29-30 June	Iniciativa de Derechos Humanos y Empresas. This event was closed to business and was delivered remotely in collaboration with Global Compact Mexico, RBCLAC Project, IDHE-UDEM
25 June	Virtual launch of the “Responsible Business Conduct Policy Review of Peru”
19 June	Forum "Papel de las empresas en el marco de la crisis del COVID - 19 con énfasis en Conducta Empresarial Responsable y Debida Diligencia". This event was delivered remotely in collaboration with ICESI University of Colombia
3 June	Seminar on Due Diligence for Argentinean businesses. This event was delivered remotely in collaboration with Global Compact Argentina and OHCHR
May	Technical workshop in OECD RBC instruments and due diligence for Peruvian businesses, May 2020. This event was delivered remotely
6 May	Webinar on the COVID-19 crisis and RBC for businesses in Costa Rica, delivered in collaboration with OHCHR, ILO and AED
21-22 April	Technical workshop on Due Diligence and COVID-19 crisis responses for Mexican businesses. This event was delivered remotely in collaboration with Global Compact Mexico; OHCHR, ILO and the IDHE-UDEM
11 March	Technical workshop on RBC Due Diligence, Mexico DF
12-13 March	Forum on Due Diligence and Remedy, Mexico DF
2019
4-5 Dec	Regional Global Compact Forum: "Making Global Goals Local Business: México", México DF
25-27 Nov	UN Forum on Business and Human Rights: "Regional dialogue: lessons learned, challenges, innovation - Latin America and the Caribbean", Geneva
22 Oct	Workshop: “Compliance of the UNGPs by the State and the role of the private sector”. Inter-American Commission for Human Rights, San José, Costa Rica
2 Oct	Due diligence in human rights and sustainability, Bogotá, Colombia
26 Sept	Regional workshop with the EU on the supply chain of bananas, Lima, Perú
25 Sept	Workshop for the presentation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas in the National Mining, Petroleum and Energy Society, Lima, Perú
25 Sept	Presentation of the OECD-FAO Guidance on responsible supply chains in the agricultural sector, Lima, Perú
23 Sept	Launch of the project in Peru, Lima, Perú
3 Sept	Project opening ceremony, Santiago de Chile, Chile
3-4 Sept	Fourth Regional Consultation on Business and Human Rights for Latin America and the Caribbean. Looking ahead: Actions to foster responsible business conduct, Santiago de Chile, Chile
6 Sept	Workshop on Responsible Business Conduct, Ciudad de México, México
23 August	Conference, Responsible Business Conduct in Brazil and the Amazon region, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
21 August	Launch of the project in Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
21 June	First Regional Forum of National Action Plans and Public Policies in Business and Human Rights / Launch of the project in Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2-3 May	First Latin American Conference on Human Rights and Business, Bogotá, Colombia