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enforcement issues and challenges posed by business involvement in gross human
rights abuses. These discussions are scheduled to take place in the latter half of 2015,
subject to OHCHR obtaining sufficient funds. The aims of these workshops will be:
(a)
To clarify the legal and practical problems that can arise in cross-border
cases;
(b)
To understand the ways in which existing views of roles and
responsibilities are likely to shape State responses;
(c)
To draw from experience from other regulatory fields in order to
consider ways that States can work together cooperatively to address the challenges
that arise in cross-border cases;
(d) To test and give participants the opportunity to react to different possible
models of international cooperation;
(e)
To identify the possible elements of a principled basis for appropriate
action in relation to jurisdictional matters.
51.
The preparatory work relating to project component 3 (see paras. 41-46) will
enable that part of the project to progress effectively and efficiently and in a way that
builds on previous academic study. As noted above, insights from the Oxford study
have been valuable in helping to shape the relevant parts of the detailed comparative
process and the global online consultation.
52.
The accountability and remedy project comprises six distinct work streams (see
para. 13), each of which has been selected based on issues identified in previous
OHCHR research as requiring further clarification in terms of policy and principle,
and for its strategic value. Each project is distinct and has its own methodology, but
there are important interrelationships between them.
53.
Findings from all six work streams, and any recommendations and guidance
arising from this work, will be subject to stakeholder consultation between September
2015 and the first quarter of 2016. In addition, initial findings and analysis from these
projects will be presented at the Forum on Business and Human Rights to be held in
Geneva from 16 to 18 November 2015 to enable multi-stakeholder consultation in an
open format.
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