Expert Group on Business and Human Rights

LAST UPDATES

• Drafting of the Italian Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

The Expert Group, represented by Prof. Alessandro Costa, has been appointed as member of the Expert Committee – led by the Italian Inter-ministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU). The Committee, together with the Inter-institutional Group composed by representatives of all the Italian Ministries involved, of business associations and enterprises, is responsible for the drafting of the revised version of the National Action Plan (NAP) on Business and Human Rights. The first draft of the Italian NAP, released in December 2013 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, is available here.

• “A Foreign Policy for Sustainability”, in partnership with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Prof. Alessandro Costa has been appointed as member of the Multi-stakeholders Steering Committee, led by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (General Direction for Globalization) and the Inter-ministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU) and composed of representatives of relevant public institutions, academicians, HR experts and enterprises. The Committee is aimed at discussing and promoting the main objectives of the Italian Foreign Policy for Sustainability and at organizing an international conference on this issue by the end of the year. The four main areas of interest of the Committee are: a) foreign policy for sustainability: an overarching agenda; b) sustainable development goals: a governance challenge shared by all; c) charting the course forward: cross-sector initiatives (government, business, academia); d) new business models for a sustainable (being also human rights responsive) enterprise: the road ahead.