PAX and Swedwatch announce a joint side event during the 13th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights about frictions between the human rights responsibilities of companies under the UNGPs, the right to remedy for victims of gross human rights abuses, and the practice of holding corporations to account for international crimes through criminal justice.
In recent years, efforts to realise criminal accountability of corporate actors for international crimes have increased. Criminal prosecution is considered an important road towards remedy for victims. However, the practice of criminal prosecution of corporate actors is marred with obstacles to the realization of this right. We will reflect on these tensions and give special attention to the landmark war crimes trial against former executives of Swedish oil company Lundin.
Hybrid Side Event During the 13th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights/ Monday 25 November 2024, 13:15 – 14.45 / GENEVA, Rue Varembé 1, 5th floor.
Programme:
Introduction and moderation
Anita Ramasastry,Henry M. Jackson Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law, and former Chair of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights
Speakers
Rev. James Ninrew Kuong Deng, Plaintiff in the Lundin war crimes trial and Chair of Leech Victims Voices, representing South Sudanese communities affected by war crimes
Tara Van Ho, Senior Lecturer at Essex Law School and Human Rights Centre
Olof Björnsson, Swedwatch, author of Fuel for Conflict about the role of institutional investors in the Lundin case
Egbert Wesselink, PAX, lead author of Unpaid Debt, The Legacy of Lundin, Petronas and OMV in Block 5A, Sudan 1997 – 2003
The event will be livestreamed at Youtube, where it will remain available afterwards.
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