A/HRC/14/29 I. Introduction 1. In Human Rights Council Resolution 8/7 concerning the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises (“the Special Representative”), the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) “to organize, within the framework of the Council, a two-day consultation bringing together the Special Representative, business representatives and all relevant stakeholders, including non-governmental organizations and representatives of victims of corporate abuse, in order to discuss ways and means to operationalize [the Special Representative’s] framework, ...” (OP. 6). 2. The present report contains a summary of the proceedings from the consultation which took place on 5–6 October 2009 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Given that the aim of the consultation was to provide broad input to the process of operationalizing the “Protect, Respect, Remedy” framework for business and human rights, the report does not contain specific conclusions or recommendations. Recommendations from participants are instead given throughout in relation to the sessions during which they were made. 3. Following the Human Rights Council’s emphasis on inclusive participation of all relevant stakeholders in the consultation, OHCHR engaged in consultations with Government delegations, civil society organizations, business representatives, inter alia, about the agenda and the identification of relevant speakers for the consultation. A dedicated website was created five months in advance of the event, inviting all interested parties to register. A particular effort was made to facilitate the participation of representatives of victims of corporate abuse through outreach to relevant civil society networks and other channels. All national human rights institutions were notified about the consultation and invited to participate. In the end, more than 250 participants from all stakeholder groups registered for the consultation, not counting Government delegations. The list of participants is available on the consultation website. 4. The agenda for the consultation was structured around the three pillars of the framework, with multi-stakeholder panels in different sessions addressing a range of issues arising from efforts to operationalize the framework. Both the agenda and the panellist presentations are available on the consultation website. Each session allowed time for extensive discussion from the floor. An effort was made to allocate time for comments from representatives of States, civil society, business and national human rights institutions. 5. The consultation was chaired jointly by Her Excellency Bente Angell-Hansen, Ambassador of Norway, and His Excellency Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi, Ambassador of Nigeria. 6. All stakeholders were invited to make written submissions on issues related to the consultation both before and after the event. A total of 30 written submissions were received, which have been posted on the consultation website. A list of the contributing organizations and individuals are contained in the annex. 7. Stakeholders were also invited to organize side events during the two days of the consultation. A summary of the proceedings from the side events is contained in an Addendum to the present report (A/HRC/14/29/Add.1). GE.10-12935 3