Wed, 20 Mar
|Webinar
Business & Human Rights: Modern Slavery & Other Compliance Issues in Global Supply Chains
A timely webinar on human rights compliance issues for corporations involved in international trade, focusing on child and forced labour in supply chains
Time & Location
20 Mar 2024, 16:00 – 18:00
Webinar
About the Event
Business & Human Rights: Modern Slavery & Other Compliance Issues in Global Supply Chains
March 20 2024 4-6:00PM EST virtual panel
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ILA Canada and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre of the University of Ottawa (HRREC) are pleased to present this timely webinar on human rights compliance issues for corporations involved in international trade, focusing on child and forced labour in global supply chains.
Bill S-211, An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff, came into force January 1 2024 creating new prohibitions and reporting obligations applicable to Canadian businesses engaged in international trade and investment.
A diverse expert group of legal practitioners, regulators, and academic commentators will explain the new requirements, and consider how they fit into evolving corporate governance, risk management and human rights due diligence practices in transnational business:
Oonagh Fitzgerald | Moderator
President of the International Law Association of Canada & HRREC Senior Fellow
Jacob Mantle
Associate, Competition, Trade and Foreign Investment, Osler
Sean Stephenson
Counsel, Dentons
Laurel Johnson
Executive Director and Senior General Counsel, Public Safety Canada Legal Services Justice Canada
Jennifer Quaid
Associate Professor & Vice-Dean Research, Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section, University of Ottawa
Salvador Herencia
Ph.D. Candidate, part-time professor in law & HRREC member, University of Ottawa
Sheri Meyerhoffer
Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE)
Penelope Simons
Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section & Gordon F. Henderson Chair in Human Rights, HRREC, University of Ottawa
Akinwumi Ogunranti
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba
Sara Seck
Associate Professor of Law; Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law & Director, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
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