A/HRC/34/47 Annex II List of panellists and moderators Monday, 24 October 2016 Keynote speaker • Mr. Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University (videoconference) Panel I (15:00-18:00) Overview of the social, economic and environmental impacts related to transnational corporations and other business enterprises and human rights, and their legal challenges • Jean Luc Mélenchon, Member of the European Parliament • Richard Kozul-Wright, Director of the Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD • Christy Hoffman, Deputy Secretary General, UNI Global Union • Natalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Group Director, Economic Law & Policy programme, International Institute for Sustainable Development • Carlos Correa, South Centre • Susan George, Transnational Institute Tuesday, 25 October 2016 Panel II (10h00-13h00) Primary obligations of States, including extraterritorial obligations related to transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to protecting human rights Subtheme 1: Implementing international human rights obligations: Examples of national legislation and international instruments applicable to transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights Moderator: Ambassador Negash Kebret Botora, Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations • Daniel Aguirre, International Commission of Jurists, Myanmar • Ariel Meyerstein, US Council for International Business • Ana María Suárez-Franco, FIAN International • Juan Hernández-Zubizarreta, University of the Basque Country 26

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