HRIBP Hosts Panel on Implementing the UN Guiding Principles
On Thursday, February 6th, the Human Rights in Business Program hosted a panel discussion on business and human rights,”BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: How is the Global Business Community Responding to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Three Years After its Adoption?” at American University’s Washington College of Law. Moderated by IHRIB’s John Richardson, the tyhree panelists included Gabriella Herzog from Hess Corporation, Mark Wielga, partner at Temkin, Wielga & Hardt and Sarah Altschuller, counsel with Foley Hoag.
The panelists focused on both the challenges and opportunities facing companies seeking to implement the Guiding Principles and some of the lessons learned three years after the release of the Principles.
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