UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (UNWG) on the UNGPs 10 Year Project. UNWG members and project co-leads, Dante Pesce and Anita Ramasastry, will begin the webinar with an overview of the project’s goals and planned outputs before opening up the discussion for member comments. When: Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 29th from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST RSVP: […]
USCIB VP for CR and Labor Affairs Gabriella Rigg Herzog will moderate a panel during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce event on the role businesses play in detecting and eliminating forced labor. The event will begin with a keynote from Robert A. Destro, U.S. Department of State, on forced labor in China. Marcia Eugenio, U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), […]
July 30th is the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will hold an online event featuring senior speakers including from State Department, USTR, Department of Homeland Secuirty, and Department of Labout on key forced labor issues. https://uscib.org/event/us-chamber-of-commerce-virtual-event-on-eliminating-forced-labor/
Conversation with the U.S. State Department on how U.S. business can use U.S. Embassy human rights officers and labor officers as resources in their work in country; anything from supply chain issues in country, liaising with the host government, protecting human rights defenders, as well as a host of other issues. Presented by Lynn Sicade, Director, Office of Multilateral and Global […]
USCIB's SDGs Working Group will hold a conference call on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm EST. More details on this (e.g. agenda, etc.) to follow. For more information, contact: Claudia Herbert Colfer: ccolfer@uscib.org
USCIB SDGs Working Group conference call will take place on September 1, 2020 at 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm EST. This virtual meeting will cover: Overview of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 75) What is At Stake: Business Issues and Main Governmental Positions Online Events During UNGA USCIB Involvement Options, Responsive to Member Survey Responses Update […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that they will be hosting a Virtual Trade Week September 8-11, 2020. We will continue to share information and event details they become available. Point of contact: Megan M. Giblin e-mail: mgiblin@uscib.org
USCIB will host a call on Tuesday, September 8th focused on the work led by the International Labor Organization (ILO) on the Government of Uzbekistan’s efforts to combat forced and child labor – particularly in their cotton industry. Presenters will include representatives from a range of ILO departments working in support of the Government of Uzbekistan’s commitments linked to their […]
Date: September 8, 2020 Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm ET Join us for our first webinar in fall 2020 during which the new chair of USCIB/ICC USA’s Arbitration Committee, Peter Sherwin, will provide an update on committee activities and projects. This will be followed by a panel discussion on tribunal secretaries. Tribunal secretaries are regularly used by arbitral tribunals seated in […]
ICC will be hosting a Customs and Trade Facilitation virtual commission meeting on September 15-17 from 6:00 am-9:00 am ET/12:00 pm-3pm CET. Please register here in order to receive the link to the meeting platform.
