UNWG starts 10-day visit to Kenya meeting in Nairobi with Government officials, the National Human Rights Commission, and civil society organizations to learn about efforts to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights #bizhumanrights

#Nicaragua - Alto Comisionado advierte que la violencia de los elementos armados pro gubernamentales ha seguido intensificándose, en particular contra comunidades que han erigido barricadas como forma de protesta o como medio de auto protección. Lea más bit.ly/2lTsvAN

“Making progress in tackling adverse business-related impacts on people’s rights and dignity is critical for achieving a sustainable future for all.” UNWGBiz&Human Rights chairperson Dante Pesce opening remarks at #UNForumbhr #bizhumanrights #standup4humanrights

Profundo mensaje de Patricia Gualinga, representante de los Pueblos Indígenas en la IV #ConsultaLAC2019 sobre #EmpresasyDerechosHumanos “Nosotros estamos luchando por todas y todos ustedes. La conservación de la amazonía es la conservación del mundo entero”

Intervención Marina Hermosilla, Directora, Grupo de líderes empresariales contra el cambio climático “siempre que hay algo tan barato, alguien está pagando la cuenta en otro lado (producciones que no cumplen con leyes laborales, con estándares medioambientales)” #ConsultaLAC2019

#ConsultaLAC2019🌎 ➕200 representantes de gobiernos, empresas, sociedad civil etc., de toda la región ➕20 sesiones sobre diversos temas de #EmpresasYDerechosHumanos ¡Sigamos uniendo fuerzas para promover empresas responsables! ➡ bit.ly/2lU1lgm #StandUp4HumanRights

I’m going to KASiusLA’s upcoming Space. Will you join too? x.com/i/spaces/1MYGN…

« It is critical for businesses to adopt a gender lens in implementing the UN Guiding PPs on biz&HR » Prof Surya Deva of UNWGBiz&Human Rights at the Regional consultation on #gender & biz&HR in Delhi #Biz4Her

UNWGBiz&Human Rights Asia regional consultation on gender lens to #UNGPs #bizhumanrights kicks off today at Ashoka University, India #UNGPsAndWomen #biz4her

170 multi-stakeholder participants agree on the imperative of addressing gendered corporate human rights impacts at UNWGBiz&Human Rights's Asia consultation on #gender lens to #UNGPs #UNGPsAndWomen #biz4her #bizhumanrights ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Busi… …

"Women human rights defenders risk their lives to transform society. We must protect them" - #CEDAW Chair, Dalia Leinarte. The #TimeIsNow: #CSW62 must acknowledge & protect women human rights defenders #IWD2018

"Indigenous women human rights defenders are criminalized for defending Earth & seeking justice" - Guatemalan rights defender Angélica Choc, Q’eqchi. The #TimeIsNow: #CSW62 must acknowledge & protect women human rights defenders #IWD2018

Women experience business-related #HRs impacts differently than men. UNWGBiz&Human Rights calls for a gender-sensitive implementation of #UNGPs #bizhumanrights. Let us work together to achieve substantive gender equality! ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Busi… youtu.be/DxvcMD4oG-w via YouTube

"Women human rights defenders can alert companies of the impact their business practices have on communities." - @ARamasastry, Working Group on Business and Human Rights. The #TimeIsNow: #CSW62 must acknowledge and protect women human rights defenders #StandUp4HumanRights

“We work so that men, women, and children are never killed, disappeared, attacked, harassed or intimidated again” - @MonicaRamirezDC, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas and #TimesUp The #TimeIsNow: #CSW62 must acknowledge and protect women human rights defenders #StandUp4HumanRights

“Bi, trans, intersex, and lesbian activists must be protected and their rights defended without selectivity” – Nigerian rights defender, Xeenarh Mohammed The #TimeIsNow: #CSW62 must acknowledge and protect women human rights defenders #StandUp4HumanRights

“Legislation to protect human rights defenders must incorporate a gender-based perspective” – Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders The #TimeIsNow: #CSW62 must acknowledge and protect women human rights defenders #StandUp4HumanRights

“Protect women human rights defenders, we owe it to the pioneers that stood before us in demanding the rights we enjoy today” – Claudia Samayoa, Guatemalan rights defender The #TimeIsNow: #CSW62 must acknowledge and protect women human rights defenders #StandUp4HumanRights

Working Group presents findings from its official country visit to Thailand at press conference in Bangkok

Save the date and contribute to the 2018 #UNForumBHR on #bizhumanrights (Geneva, 26-28 Nov). Preliminary concept note and call for proposals now available on ohchr.org/2018ForumBHR Deadline: 25 May 2018