Agenda
09:00-11:30 GMT+2
High-Level Opening and Plenary
Session partners: ABHR Forum organizers
11:30-12:50 GMT+2
Indigenous Caucus
Session partner: UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples
11:30-12:50 GMT+2
CIVIL SOCIETY SESSION
Promoting Corporate Accountability Legislation in Africa: Moving from Voluntary Standards to Binding Laws
Session partner: African Coalition for Corporate Accountability
11:30-12:50 GMT+2
Business Caucus
International Organisation of Employers and UN Global Compact
11:30-12:50 GMT+2
Documenting and Responding to Attacks: Addressing gaps and strengthening protection of human rights defenders in Africa
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Natural Justice, Alliance for Land, Indigenous, and Environmental Defenders
14:00-15:20 GMT+2
Multi-Stakeholder Approach to the Development and Implementation of National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights: Experiences from East Africa
Belgian Agency for International Cooperation - Enabel - Uganda
14:00-15:20 GMT+2
Navigating emerging remedy pathways: Policies, practices, and tools to address human rights issues and support rightsholders in Africa
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and Arche Advisors
14:00-15:20 GMT+2
Consultation on the 2026 report to the Human Rights Council on “Agri-business, food security and human rights
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
14:00-15:20 GMT+2
Poster Presentations on Access to Remedy in Transitional Minerals
Danish Institute for Human Rights
15:40-17:00 GMT+2
From Plans to Practice: South–South Reflections on Implementing National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights
UN Development Programme
15:40-17:00 GMT+2
Rethinking Access to Remedy Through a Lens of Power, Participation and Regional Alignment in Africa
Webber Wentzel (South Africa)
15:40-17:00 GMT+2
Reproductive Health and Gender Equality in the Implementation of the UNGPs
Danish Family Planning Association
15:40-17:00 GMT+2
Responsible Business in Plastics Recycling Supply Chains: Action in Africa
The Circulate Initiative
09:00-11:30 GMT+2
High-Level Opening and Plenary
Session partners: ABHR Forum organizers
11:30-12:50 GMT+2
Indigenous Caucus
Session partner: UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples
11:30-12:50 GMT+2
CIVIL SOCIETY SESSION
Promoting Corporate Accountability Legislation in Africa: Moving from Voluntary Standards to Binding Laws
Session partner: African Coalition for Corporate Accountability
11:30-12:50 GMT+2
Business Caucus
International Organisation of Employers and UN Global Compact
11:30-12:50 GMT+2
Documenting and Responding to Attacks: Addressing gaps and strengthening protection of human rights defenders in Africa
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Natural Justice, Alliance for Land, Indigenous, and Environmental Defenders
14:00-15:20 GMT+2
Multi-Stakeholder Approach to the Development and Implementation of National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights: Experiences from East Africa
Belgian Agency for International Cooperation - Enabel - Uganda
14:00-15:20 GMT+2
Navigating emerging remedy pathways: Policies, practices, and tools to address human rights issues and support rightsholders in Africa
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and Arche Advisors
14:00-15:20 GMT+2
Consultation on the 2026 report to the Human Rights Council on “Agri-business, food security and human rights
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
14:00-15:20 GMT+2
Poster Presentations on Access to Remedy in Transitional Minerals
Danish Institute for Human Rights
15:40-17:00 GMT+2
From Plans to Practice: South–South Reflections on Implementing National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights
UN Development Programme
15:40-17:00 GMT+2
Rethinking Access to Remedy Through a Lens of Power, Participation and Regional Alignment in Africa
Webber Wentzel (South Africa)
15:40-17:00 GMT+2
Reproductive Health and Gender Equality in the Implementation of the UNGPs
Danish Family Planning Association
15:40-17:00 GMT+2
Responsible Business in Plastics Recycling Supply Chains: Action in Africa
The Circulate Initiative