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
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