2 December
Room XXIII
16.15 – 17.45
Thematic track: Access to remedy discussions
Identifying options for international coordination and regulation
to overcome challenges in access to remedy
This session will focus on the potential collaborative solutions to overcome challenges associated
with access to remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuses where multinational
companies are involved. It will discuss standards and practical models of cooperation between
“home”, “host” and other interested States, including mutual legal assistance, coordination and
collaboration between prosecution bodies in the interested States, and enforcement of foreign
judgments, among other issues. The session will discuss current challenges in the domain of
business-related human rights abuses, but also look at good practices and potential solutions from
other areas of law where models of international judicial cooperation have been established.
The session will feed into OHCHR’s work to facilitate the sharing and exploration of the full range of
legal options and practical measures to improve access to remedy for victims of business-related
human rights abuses, in collaboration with the Working Group, which has been mandated by the
Human Rights Council in its resolution A/HRC/Res/26/22.
Moderated by Ms. Jane Connors, Director, Research and Right to Development Division, OHCHR
Speakers:
 Mr. Michael Addo, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
 Mr. Ariel Meyerstein, Vice President of Labour and Corporate Responsibility, US Council for
International Business
 Mr. Simon Minks, Attorney General, Dutch Public Prosecution Service
 Ms. Gabriela Quijano, Legal Adviser, Amnesty International
 Justice Ian Binnie, Former Supreme Court Justice, Canada, and Counsel, Lenczner Slaght