A/HRC/20/29 A. Chairperson-Rapporteur 85. The Working Group decided to rotate the function of Chairperson-Rapporteur after every two sessions of the Working Group. Margaret Jungk was appointed as ChairpersonRapporteur for the first and second sessions. The Working Group will hold its second session from 7 to 11 May 2012 in Geneva. B. Country missions and other field work 86. In accordance with its mandate, the Working Group will carry out two official country missions every year following the invitations received from Member States. Country missions will be conducted in the spirit of promoting constructive dialogue with States and all relevant stakeholders at the national level, and will have the aim of identifying, exchanging and promoting good practices and lessons learned in the implementation of the Guiding Principles. The Working Group intends to approach States that have issued standing invitations to special procedures, and encourages other States, from all geographic regions, to issue invitations to the Working Group. 87. In addition to official country missions and other visits to Member States, the Working Group aims to carry out its mandate in a manner that includes significant additional relevant field work across all regions to inform its work and to ensure that any findings and recommendations respond to practical and operational realities on the ground. C. Receiving information 88. In the context of promoting the effective dissemination and implementation of the Guiding Principles, the Working Group was mandated by the Human Rights Council, in its resolution 17/4, to seek and receive information from all relevant sources, including Governments, transnational corporations and other business enterprises, national human rights institutions, civil society and rights-holders. 89. Information received from relevant stakeholders relating to specific human rights violations will be used as appropriate by the Working Group to inform its work and strategy, to identify barriers to the effective implementation of the Guiding Principles and gaps in the protection of human rights in the context of business activities, and to inform recommendations made to States, business and other actors on the implementation of the Guiding Principles. Given the broad scope of its mandate, the vast scale and complexity of the issue at hand, and resource constraints, the Working Group is not in a position to investigate individual cases of alleged business-related human rights abuse. D. Forum on Business and Human Rights 90. The first annual multi-stakeholder Forum on Business and Human Rights will be open to relevant stakeholders, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 17/4, and be held in Geneva on 4 and 5 December 2012. The Working Group will decide on the thematic focus areas and modalities of the Forum at its second session, following further elaboration of its programme of substantive work and taking into consideration the proposals already received from stakeholders at its initial consultations. 20

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