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<\/a><\/p>\nUnanimously approved by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011, and celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the \u201cGuiding Principles on Business and Human Rights\u201d stipulates that in addition to state\u2019s obligation to protect human rights, companies also have a responsibility to respect human rights. In order to ensure its effectiveness, legislation is being promoted in each country, and the movement is particularly remarkable in Europe. Currently, environmental and human rights due diligence legislation at the EU level is being discussed, and the law was recently passed in Germany as well.<\/p>\n
In this webinar, we will learn about Japan\u2019s national action plan (NAP) released last October and the work of current Japanese companies, in addition to learning about France and Germany\u2019s legal system and practice. In doing so, we will deepen discussions among multi-stakeholders namely companies, investors, and civil society on how to promote business and human rights initiatives in Japan.<\/p>\n
\u25c6Date & Time: July 12th, 2021 (Monday) 15:00~17:00 \u25c6Program: \u25c6Co-organiser * To media Please note the following Contact – info_bhr@hrn.or.jp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" July 12 Webinar: \u201cHuman Rights and Due Diligence\u30fbConsidering the Trend in Europe\u201d Unanimously approved by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011, and celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the \u201cGuiding Principles on Business and Human Rights\u201d stipulates that in addition to state\u2019s obligation to protect human rights, companies also have a responsibility to respect human rights. In order to ensure its effectiveness, legislation is being promoted in each country, and the movement is particularly remarkable in Europe. Currently, environmental and human rights due diligence legislation at the EU level is being discussed, and the law was recently passed in Germany as well. In this webinar, we will learn about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[143],"countries":[],"class_list":["post-6107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","tag-business-and-human-rights"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6107"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6141,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6107\/revisions\/6141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6107"},{"taxonomy":"countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries?post=6107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u25c6Event Meeting Method: Zoom Webinar
\n\u25c6Language: Japanese\u30fbEnglish (Simultaneous Interpretation)
\n\u25c6Participation Fee: FREE
\n\u25c6Signup Here: https:\/\/bhrevent20210712.peatix.com\/<\/a>
\n\u25c6How to watch: By the day before the event, we will send the Zoom link to the email address used to signup.
\n\u25c6Speakers (In order):
\nHiroko Kado (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
\nHideki Wakabayashi \uff08Representative at BHR Civil Society Platform\/Secretary General at JANIC)
\nMasao Seki (Senior Advisor, Sustainability Department, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.\/ Professor, School of Business Administration, Meiji University)
\nRobert Grabosch (Attorney-at-Law, Schweizer Legal)
\nLuicie Chatelaih (Sherpa, Advocacy and Litigation Officer)
\nYuka Iwatsuki (Vice-Representative Secretary at BHR Civil Society Platform\/ Representative at Certified NPO ACE)
\nMinoru Matsubara (Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. Executive Officer, General Manager of Responsible Investment Department)
\nAkiko Sato (Deputy Secretary General at Human Rights Now \/Japan Researcher & Representative at Business & Human Rights Resource Center)<\/p>\n
\n1 Opening remarks – Hiroko Kado
\n2 \u201cThe overview on the NAP on BHR and efforts to achieve the NAP\u201d : Hideki Wakabayashi
\n3 \u201cProgress and challenges in Japanese companies\u2019 business and human rights initiatives:Masao Seki
\n4 Panel Discussion\u30fbQ&A
\nRobert Grabosch
\nLuicie Chatelaih
\nMasao Seki
\nYuka Iwatsuki
\nMinoru Matsubara
\nModerator: Akiko Sato
\n5 Closing Remarks<\/p>\n
\nBHR Civil Society Platform \uff08https:\/\/www.bhr-nap-cspf.org<\/a>\uff09
\nBusiness & Human Rights Resource Centre (https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n
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\nThank you for your understanding.<\/p>\n