A/HRC/31/50 Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 II Organization of the session .............................................................................................................. 4 A. Election of the Chair-Rapporteur ............................................................................................. 4 B. Attendance ............................................................................................................................... 4 C. Documentation ......................................................................................................................... 4 D. Adoption of the agenda and programme of work .................................................................... 5 III. General statements ........................................................................................................................... 6 IV. Panel discussion ............................................................................................................................... 9 A. Panel I. Implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: a renewed commitment by all States ....................................................................................... 9 Panel II. Principles for an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights .................................................................................................... 9 Panel III. Coverage of the instrument: transnational corporations and other business enterprises — concepts and legal nature in international law ................................................. 11 Panel IV. Human rights to be covered under the instrument with respect .............................. to activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises ................................ 12 Panel V. Obligations of States to guarantee the respect of human rights by transnational corporations and other business enterprises, including extraterritorial obligation ......................................................................................... 13 Panel VI. Enhancing the responsibility of transnational corporations and other business enterprises to respect human rights, including prevention, mitigation and remediation .......... 15 Panel VII. Legal liability of transnational corporations and other business enterprises: what standard for corporate legal liability and for what conduct? ........................................... 17 Panel VIII. Building national and international mechanisms for access to remedy, including international judicial cooperation, with respect to human rights violations by transnational corporations and other business enterprises — OHCHR accountability and remedy project ........................................................................................... 19 Recommendations of the Chair-Rapporteur and conclusions of the working group ........................ 20 A. Recommendations of the Chair-Rapporteur ............................................................................ 20 B. Conclusions ............................................................................................................................. 21 VI. Adoption of the report ............................................................................................................. 21 I. List of speakers for panel discussions .............................................................................................. 22 II. Participation of non-governmental organizations............................................................................. 25 B. C. D. E. F. G. H. V. Annexes 2