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Business & Human Rights

Human Rights Working Groups

Launched in 2024, our new working group provided participants of the UN Global Compact Network Australia with the opportunity to engage with leading actors in the business and human rights field in Australia and beyond.

Focusing on Human Rights Due Diligence, our working group was a safe space for practitioners to openly discuss technical challenges, and identify opportunities, relating to establishing, embedding and maintaining a human rights due diligence process.

We are currently developing our working group offerings for 2025. If you are interested in participating or providing input into the development of our 2025 working groups, please contact Catie Shavin, Senior Manager, Business and Human Rights

All Working Group sessions are convened under the Chatham House Rule. Details about the Working Groups offered in 2024 can be found below.

Human Rights Due Diligence Working Group

The purpose of the Human Rights Due Diligence Working Group is to:

  • Connect UN Global Compact Network Australia participants with peers and experts to identify and work through solutions to technical challenges experienced during the establishment of a human rights due diligence process
  • Provide a space for UNGCNA participants to discuss leading practice relating to identifying and assessing, integrating and acting, and communicating performance on human rights issues
  • Keep participants up to date with relevant developments.

View the Terms of Reference for the UNGCNA Human Rights Due Diligence Working Group.

Any questions?

If you have any questions on the human rights-related working groups offered in 2025, please contact our Manager, Human Rights, at secretariat@unglobalcompact.org.au.

Contact us

To find out more about our Business and Human Rights workstream, contact:

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Catie Shavin

Senior Manager, Business and Human Rights

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