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The Malaysian government conducted its first National Steering Committee on the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAPBHR), chaired by the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law), to formally kick-start this NAP process. Subsequently, three Technical Committees were established to look at various business and human rights issues in Malaysia. The Technical Committees are led by the Ministry of Human Resource (MOHR) focusing on labour issues, the Ministry of Environment and Water (KASA) focusing on environmental issues and the National Centre for Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption (GIACC) focusing on issues concerning governance.


As a next key step, a comprehensive data collection process – the National Baseline Assessment (NBA) – is conducted to ensure the scope and overall parameters of the NAPBHR are well understood.


This NBA process is an initiative for the collection and evaluation of reliable data from various stakeholders on topical and critical issues of business and human rights prior to the development of NAP. It would serve to provide an assessment of the current level of implementation of the UNGPs in the local context and setting. Further, it brings together an analysis of the legal and policy gaps in the implementation of UNGPs with an overview of the adverse human rights impacts of and by businesses and identify the most salient human rights issues in a given context.


This Roundtable Discussion, among other consultations, aims to obtain input for and support the NBA and further the development of the NAPBHR, by (i) documenting experiences and challenges; (ii) identifying gaps and best practices of the business community in Malaysia to promote and protect human rights and the environment; and, (iii) proposing recommendations to be highlighted in the NBA and consequently, to be incorporated into the NAPBHR.


Agenda

October 20, 2022

Main Schedule

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
BHREM Platform Launch (BCSD Malaysia)
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
Overview of the Development of the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAPBHR) and a National Baseline Assessment in Malaysia
Edmund Bon (Head of Chambers (Civil) at AmerBON Advocates)
2:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Presentation and Open Sharing: Governance
Respective consultants will briefly introduce their theme, followed by an open sharing.
Tricia Yeoh (Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IDEAS)
3:20 PM - 4:00 PM
Presentation and Open Sharing: Labour
Respective consultants will briefly introduce their theme, followed by an open sharing.
Andika Wahab (Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Malaysian & International Studies (IKMAS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM))
4:00 PM - 4:40 PM
Presentation and Open Sharing: Environment
Respective consultants will briefly introduce their theme, followed by an open sharing.
Ili Nadiah Dzulfakar (Chair and Program Director of Klima Action Malaysia)
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Final Recommendations
Final Recommendations and END of Roundtable Discussion

Speakers

Roberto Benetello (Executive Director of BCSD Malaysia)

Roberto Benetello

Executive Director of BCSD Malaysia

Edmund Bon (Head of Chambers (Civil) at AmerBON Advocates)

Edmund Bon

Head of Chambers (Civil) at AmerBON Advocates

Ili Nadiah Dzulfakar (Chair and Program Director of Klima Action Malaysia)

Ili Nadiah Dzulfakar

Chair and Program Director of Klima Action Malaysia

Andika Wahab (Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Malaysian & International Studies (IKMAS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM))

Andika Wahab

Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Malaysian & International Studies (IKMAS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Tricia Yeoh (Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IDEAS)

Tricia Yeoh

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IDEAS

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Venue

Venue

Connexion Conference & Event Centre
No.8, Jalan Kerinchi, Bangsar South, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur

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For additional event or venue information, please send an email to savita@bcsd.my

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