Introduction to UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

• Siniša Milatović, Business & Human Rights Specialist, UNDP;

• Harpreet Kaur, Business & Human Rights Specialist, UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Centre

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High-Level Opening Plenary - Business and Human Rights Agenda in 2021: Global Trends

• Ella Skybenko, Eastern Europe/Central Asia Senior Researcher & Representative,
  Business and Human Rights Resource Center

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The Changing Legal Landscape and What it Means for Business

• Sophia Areias, Director, Global Business Initiative on Human Right​

• Dr. Thomas Voland, Partner, Clifford Chance 

• Åsne Burgess Øyehaug, Social Responsibility Manager – Group Sustainability, Norsk Hydro ASA, Norway

• Elaine McKay, International Affairs Director, JTI

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Access to remedy and shrinking civic space

• Umida Niyazova, Executive Director, Uzbek Forum for Human Rights, Uzbekistan

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The Impact of Extractive Industries on the Environment and Human Rights

• Ashley Reynolds, Research Assistant, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Business and Human Rights Resource Center

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Persistent Discrimination and Inequality in Business Practices in the Region

• Amarildo Fecanji, Executive Co-Director, LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey

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Persistent Discrimination and Inequality in Business Practices in the Region

• Alexandr Curașov, Executive Director of "SHARE", CSR Association of Moldova