Annual IBA Employment and Diversity Law Conference 2024
10 Apr - 12 Apr 2024
Duomo room
Session information
Description
Lene Wendland is Chief of the Business and Human Rights Section in the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). She contributed to the development and drafting of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), the authoritative global standard on business and human rights. Wendland oversees OHCHR’s work on implementation of the UNGPs at national level and in global policy developments. She directs the UN Human Rights’ Accountability and Remedy Project, which aims to enhance accountability and access to remedy in cases of business involvement in human rights abuses. She also directs the UN Human Rights B-Tech Project, applying the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to key human rights challenges related to digital technologies. Wendland is currently a member of the International Olympic Committee’s Advisory Committee of Human Rights, the Advisory Council of the Geneva Centre for Business and Human Rights and the Copenhagen Tech Committee.
Keynote Speakers
Lene Wendland | United Nations Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland |