The Fourth UN Forum on Business and Human Rights took place in Geneva from 16 to 18 November 2015. It brought together over 2,300 participants from 130 countries.
IHRB staff and partners took part in a range of sessions. This session focussed on the following:
- insights on recruitment-related provisions contained in the new international treaty on forced labour;
- results of research on regulatory and enforcement models on recruitment;
- different innovative models by business fostering fair recruitment and their potential for replication;
- exchange of experience on how to best support due diligence efforts of labour market intermediaries to ensure their recruitment practices do not have a negative impact on the human rights of migrant workers and other vulnerable groups.
Please note that unfortunately the original meeting report is no longer available due to the closing of the 3rd party service used to illustrate the event. However, the full agenda for the event can be found on the OHCHR website.
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