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Panel II — cont’d (15h00-18h00)
Subtheme 2: Jurisprudential and practical approaches to elements of
extraterritoriality and national sovereignty
• Kinda Mohamedieh, South Centre
• David Bilchitz, Professor, University of Johannesburg, Director of South African
Institute of Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law
• Harris Gleckmann, Centre for Governance and Sustainability, University of
Massachusetts, Boston
• Leah Margulies, Corporate Accountability International
• Gianni Tognoni, Secretary General, Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Panel III
(10h00-13h00)
Obligations and responsibilities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises
with respect to human rights
Subtheme 1: Examples of international instruments addressing obligations and
responsibilities of private actors
Moderator: Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Representative of the
Holy See to the United Nations
• Vera Luisa da Costa e Silva, Head of the Secretariat of the Framework Convention
on Tobacco Control
• Linda Kromjong, Secretary General, International Organization of Employers
• Githa Roelans, Head of Multinational Enterprises and Enterprise Engagement Unit,
ILO
• Michael Hopkins, CSR Finance Institute
• Surya Deva, Associate Professor, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong,
and Member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
Panel III — cont’d (15h00-18h00)
Subtheme 2: Jurisprudential and other approaches to clarify standards of civil,
administrative and criminal liability of transnational corporations and other business
enterprises
Moderator: Ambassador Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko, Permanent Representative of
South Africa to the United Nations
• David Bilchitz, Professor, University of Johannesburg and Director of South African
Institute of Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law
• Nomonde Nyembe, Attorney, Business and Human Rights, Centre for Applied
Legal Studies
• Richard Meeran, Partner, Leigh Day & Co
• Michael Congiu, Shareholder, Littler Mendelson
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