Protection of human rights defenders - Forum on…

Thematic track: Good practice … What can States, business, civil society and the UN do to support and protect human rights defenders who work on issues of corporate responsibility and accountability? Confirmed participants Hina Jilani, advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan; former Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders (Moderator) Pavel Sulyandziga, UN Working Group (Commentator - TBC) Alejandra Ancheita, Executive director, ProDesc; 2014 Martin Ennals Award Keith Harper, US Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Vanessa Havard-Williams, Partner Linklaters LLP Sheila Keetharuth, Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights Violations, Africa Commission for People's' and Human Rights Organized by the UN Working Group in collaboration with the International Service for Human Rights and the Permanent Mission of Norway