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1st Meeting, Expert Consultation, UN Guiding Principles…

1st Meeting, Expert Consultation, UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights

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Expert Consultation on the practical application of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights (UNGPs) to the activities of technology companies
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10:00 - 10:30:
Introduction to the consultation by Lene Wendland, Senior Advisor, Business and tech, OHCHR

Opening remarks by Peggy Hicks, Director TESPRRD, OHCHR

10:30 - 13:00:
UNGPs Pillar 1: State Duty to Protect human rights with regard to adverse impacts stemming from or being linked to the activities of technology companies ("the smart mix" of voluntary and mandatory measures), including activities relating to AI.

Moderator:
  • Isabel Ebert, OHCHR, B-tech Project
Speakers:
  • Anna Walch, Permanent Mission of Austria
  • Youngmin Kwon, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea
  • Marie Humeau, Permanent Mission of the Netherlands in their capacity as the Freedom Online Coalition Chair
  • Olivier Alais, ITU
  • Rashad Abelson, OECD
  • Frederike Kaltheuner, AI Now
  • Heloisa Massaro, Internet Lab
  • Jan Gerlach, Wikimedia
  • Peter Micek, Access Now

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