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労働、環境とアジアの多国籍企業——東アジアにおけるビジネスと人権に関する国際会議

日時｜2023年11月25日（土）・26日（日）

時間｜土曜日9:00～17:30、日曜日10:00～14:30　※現地台湾での時間表記です。

場所｜国立中央図書館3階会議ホール [國家圖書館 3F 國際會議廳]
　　　住所：20 Zhung-Shan S. Rd. Taipei 100201, Taiwan

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言語｜使用言語は英語と中国語です。会場では英語・中国語の通訳をご利用いただけます。ウェビナーでの参加者は、英語、中国語、日本語の通訳をご利用いただけます。

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会議概要｜

グローバル化と技術の進歩によって、企業は莫大な規模と強大な力を備え、金融、組織、技術、政治、さらにはイデオロギーに至るまで大きな力を持ち、私たちの生活環境を形成し日常生活のあらゆるところに影響を与えています。こうした影響は、労働者の搾取や環境汚染など、時には不幸な結果をもたらすこともあります。特に、グローバル化したビジネスの下では、グローバルノースの多国籍企業による、グローバルサウスの国々における人権侵害は深刻な課題となっています。

1980年代以降、日本、韓国、台湾の多くの企業が多国籍企業としての地位を確立し、グローバル・サプライチェーンにおいて重要な役割を担ってきました。しかし、西洋諸国に比べ、アジアの多国籍企業（Asian Transnational Corporations, ATNC）に対して、グローバル・サプライチェーンにおける人権問題についての責任を追及することは、通常、より複雑で困難を伴います。これは、アジアの多国籍企業の多くがエンド市場で直接顧客と関わらないブランドであるためです。社会的責任監査のメカニズムが十分に発達している衣料品や電子機器などの産業では、東アジアの国に拠点を置くサプライヤーが人権侵害を犯した場合、被害者は通常、そのサプライヤーが自ら救済できる強力な多国籍企業であっても、問題解決のため、西側諸国のブランドによる介入に頼らなければなりません。一方で、一般市場において知名度の低い基本産業や上流の産業においては、アジアの多国籍企業の本国外にいる被害者は、通常、救済手段を求める方法がほとんど存在しないことが現状です。

アジアの多国籍企業の影響力の大きさとそれに伴った責任が果たされていない不整合な現実は、アジアの多国籍企業の本国が、自国の企業の海外での行動を規制する正当性と必要性を裏付けています。このため、本国で法的枠組みの整備が極めて重要であり、サプライチェーンにおける人権侵害や環境破壊に対する主要企業の責任を追及する手段と、被害者が企業の本国で救済を求める手段を確保することは不可欠です。本会議では、日本、韓国、台湾におけるビジネスと人権（Business and Human Rights, BHR）のプラクティスを検証し、さらに、アジアの多国籍企業のサプライチェーンにおける企業の責任追及と、被害者の救済へのアクセスを確保する、法的枠組みの設置に向けて、東アジア地域におけるBHRムーブメントの可能性を探求します。特に、この目的を達成するための手段として、人権・環境デューディリジェンスの義務化立法（mandatory Human Rights and Environment Due Diligence，mHREDD）について詳細に議論します。

日程｜※以下台湾時間での表記です。

11月25日
時間	セッション
8:30 – 9:10	【チェックイン】
9:00 – 9:30	【開会】開会挨拶 Mab Huang, Professor of Liberal Arts Chair, Soochow University Ping-Cheng Lo, Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan, Taiwan
9:30 – 10:10	【基調講演１】ビジネスと人権の国際動向モデレーター： Jau-hwa Chen, Director of Human Rights Program, Soochow University スピーカー： Pichamon Yeophantong, Head of Research and Associate Professor, Deakin University and member of UN Working Group on Business and Human rights
10:10 – 10:50	【基調講演２】EUのビジネスと人権に関する動向とアジアへの影響モデレーター： Yi-Chun Chou, Professor of Department of Sociology, Soochow University スピーカー： Antoine Madelin, Director of Advocacy, International Federation for Human Rights
10:50 – 11:00	休憩
11:00 – 12:30	【セッション１】アジアの多国籍企業による海外での人権侵害：基本産業モデレーター： Pei-Chun Lin, Assistant Professor of Human Rights Program, Soochow University スピーカー： Yu-Yin Chang, Executive Director, Environmental Jurists Association Yujung Shin, Attorney at Law, KTNC Watch Yuka Kiguchi, Executive Director, Mekong Watc
12:30 – 13:30	昼食
13:30 – 15:00	【セッション２】アジアの多国籍企業による海外での人権侵害-縫製産業モデレーター： Roy Ngerng, East Asia Urgent Appeal Coordinator, Clean Clothes Campaign East Asia Coalition スピーカー： Ray Cheng, Director, Youth Labor Union 95 Hyung-Phil Na, Director, Korean House for International Solidarity Kazuko Ito, Lawyer and Vice-President of Board, Human Rights Now
15:30 – 16:00	休憩
16:00 – 17:30	【セッション３】アジアの多国籍企業による海外での人権侵害-エレクトロニクス産業モデレーター： Rochelle Porras, Regional Coordinator (Asia), GoodElectronics スピーカー： You-Lian Sun, Secretary General, Taiwan Labor Front Sangsoo Lee, Executive Activist, Supporters for Health And Rights of People in Semiconductor industry Tomoko Ako, Professor at University of Tokyo and Advisor at Human Rights Now

11月26日
時間	セッション
10:00 – 11:30	【セッション４】東アジアの水産業における強制労働モデレーター： Liang-Jung Lin , Associate Professor, College of Law, National Chengchi University スピーカー： Yi-Hsiang Shih, Secretary General, Taiwan Association for Human Rights Jong-Chul Kim, Advocates for Public Interest Law Kana Kawasaki, Business and Human Rights Project Coordinator and Researcher, Human Rights Now Cade Mosley, Advocacy Officer, Human Rights Now
11:30 – 12:30	昼食
12:30 – 14:30	【セッション５】東アジアにおけるビジネスと人権の進展─NAPからmHREDD立法へ？モデレーター： Anju Kozono, Japan Researcher and Representative, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre スピーカー： Hsin-Hsuan Sun, Researcher and Campaigner, Environmental Rights Foundation Youngah Park, GongGam Human Rights Law Foundation Ryutaro Ogawa, Attorney at Law / Secretary General, Human Rights Now Muriel Treibich, Lobby and Advocacy Coordinator, Clean Clothes Campaign

主催団体｜

National Human Rights Commission, Taiwan

Taiwanese Transnational Corporations Watch

Environmental Rights Foundation

Taiwan Association for Human Rights

Environmental Jurists Association

Youth Labor Union 95

Taiwan Labor Front

Taiwan Laborers Association

Korean Transnational Corporations Watch

Human Rights Now

Clean Clothes Campaign East Asia Coalition

Human Rights Program, Soochow University

共催団体｜

International Federation for Human Rights, FIDH

Taiwan Bar Association

協賛団体｜

Taiwan Foundation for Democracy

LABOUR, ENVIRONMENT AND ASIAN TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS – TOWARD AN EAST ASIAN BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT | INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Date｜2023 / 11 / 25 – 26, Saturday and Sunday

Time｜Saturday 9:00 – 17:30, Sunday 10:00 – 14:30　Note: Time notation is based on Taiwan.

Location｜3F, Conference Hall, National Central Library (20 Zhung-Shan S. Rd. Taipei 100201, Taiwan)

Participation｜Hybrid. Online participation for overseas participants only.

Language｜Languages used at the conference are English and Mandarin. English/Mandarin interpretation will be provided on-site. For overseas participants joining via webinar, there will be English, Mandarin, and Japanese interpretations.

Register here: https://forms.gle/q2HDRfsWxnVkdvzh7

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE｜

Thanks to globalisation and technology advancement, corporations have become gigantic and powerful. Possessing those invulnerable financial, organisational, technological, political and even ideological instruments, corporations are capable of shaping the world we live in, influencing people’s daily ordinaries. Sometimes, the influences are unfortunately damages brought by exploiting workers and polluting the environment. Especially, under the globalised operation of business, it has become a serious problem that transnational corporations from the global north commit human rights violations in the global south countries.

Since the 1980s, a lot of corporations from Japan, Korea and Taiwan have become transnational and gained significant positions in global supply chains. Compared with making TNCs from western countries to be accountable on human rights issues in global supply chains, it is usually more difficult to deal with Asian transnational corporations (ATNCs) because most of them are not brands who face consumers in end markets directly. In industries with well-developed social audit mechanisms such as garment and electronics, when an East Asian country based supplier commits a human rights violation, victims usually have to rely on the intervention by the brands in western countries to solve the problem even if the supplier is a powerful TNC capable of the remedy itself. As for in basic/upstream industries without well-known brands to the public, ATNCs victims abroad have nearly no means to seek justice commonly.

The incompatibility between ATNCs’ strong power and low accountability makes the legitimacy and necessity of corporations’ home countries to regulate ATNCs’ behaviour overseas. It is crucial to establish the legal framework in the home country that can hold the lead companies accountable for their human rights violation and environmental destruction in their supply chain. Furthermore, the victims in the supply chains of ATNC should be able to access the remedy in the ATNC’s home countries as well. In this conference, we are going to examine the practices of business and human rights (BHR) in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, and further explore the possibility of initiating a regional BHR movement leading to the establishment of a legal framework that ensures corporate accountability as well as access to remedy for victims in the supply chains of ATNCs. Mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislation will be discussed as a means to accomplish such ends.

AGENDA｜Note: Time notation is based on Taiwan.

November 25
Time	Session
8:30-9:10	【Registration】
9:10 – 9:30	【Opening】Welcome Remarks Mab Huang, Professor of Liberal Arts Chair, Soochow University Ping-Cheng Lo, Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan, Taiwan
9:30 – 10:10	【Keynote Speech 1】Global trends on business and human rights Moderator: Jau-hwa Chen, Director of Human Rights Program, Soochow University Speaker: Pichamon Yeophantong, Head of Research and Associate Professor, Deakin University, and member of UN Working Group on Business and Human rights
10:10 – 10:50	【Keynote Speech 2】 Business and human rights trends in EU and impacts on Asia Moderator: Yi-Chun Chou, Professor of Department of Sociology, Soochow University Speaker: Antoine Madelin, Director of Advocacy, International Federation for Human Rights
10:50 – 11:10	Break
11:10 – 12:40	【Session 1】: Overseas Human Rights Violations by ATNCs in the Basic Industries Moderator: Pei-Chun Lin, Assistant Professor of Human Rights Program, Soochow University Speakers: Yu-Yin Chang, Executive Director, Environmental Jurists Association Yujung Shin, Attorney at Law, KTNC Watch/Jihyang Law Yuka Kiguchi, Mekong Watch
12:40 – 13:40	Lunch
13:40 – 15:10	【Session 2】: Overseas Human Rights Violations by ATNCs in the Garment Industry Moderator: Roy Ngerng, East Asia Urgent Appeal Coordinator, Clean Clothes Campaign East Asia Coalition Speakers: Ray Cheng, Director, Youth Labor Union 95 Hyung-Phil Na, Director, Korean House for International Solidarity Kazuko Ito , Lawyer and Vice-President of Board, Human Rights Now
15:10 – 15:30	Break
15:30 – 17:00	【Session 3】: Overseas Human Rights Violations by ATNCs in the Electronics Industry Moderator: Rochelle Porras, Regional Coordinator (Asia), GoodElectronics Speakers: You-Lian Sun, Secretary General, Taiwan Labor Front Sangsoo Lee, Executive Activist, Supporters for Health And Rights of People in Semiconductor industry Tomoko Ako, Professor at University of Tokyo and Advisor at Human Rights Now
November 26
Time	Session
9:30-10:00	【Registration】
10:00 – 11:30	【Session 4】: Forced Labour in the East Asian Fishing Industry Moderator: Liang-Jung Lin , Associate Professor, College of Law, National Chengchi University Speakers: Yi-Hsiang Shih, Secretary General, Taiwan Association for Human Rights Jong-Chul Kim, Advocates for Public Interest Law Kana Kawasaki, Business and Human Rights Project Coordinator and Researcher, Human Rights Now Cade Mosley, Advocacy Officer, Human Rights Now
11:30 – 12:30	Lunch
12:30 – 14:30	【Session 5】: Business and Human Rights Progress in East Asia—From NAP to mHREDD Legislations? Moderator: Anju Kozono, Japan Researcher and Representative, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre Speakers: Hsin-Hsuan Sun, Researcher and Campaigner, Environmental Rights Foundation Youngah Park, GongGam Human Rights Law Foundation Ryutaro Ogawa , Human Rights Now Muriel Treibich, Lobby and Advocacy Coordinator, Clean Clothes Campaign

ORGANIZERS｜