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Organized under the auspices of the Global Coalition for Social Justice and in the context of the recent publication of an&nbsp;edited volume on The Roles of International Law in Development, this academic conference aims to bring together the perspectives of academics and practitioners on the multifaceted roles that labour rights as human rights play in promoting sustainable development, policy coherence and social justice.

Geneva

Labour rights, human rights and development

Manuela Tomei

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Opening Remarks

Assistant Director General, Governance, Rights and Dialogue Cluster

Nada Al-Nashif

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Siobhán McInerney-Lankford

European Union Fundamental Rights Agency

Co-Editor and Head of Unit, Equality, Roma and Social Rights

Jordi Agustí Panareda

Panelists

Ethics Officer

Katerina Tsotroudi

Global Programming and Collaboration Coordinator

Anganile Willie Mwenifumbo

Human Rights Officer

Harumi Fuentes Furuya

Thomas Mc Inerney

Executive Director and Senior Lecturer, Rule of Law for Development Program, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Marie-Joseph Ayissi

Secretary, UN Working Group of Experts on people of African Descent

Robert McCorquodale

Moderator

Book Co- Editor, Chairperson of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

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