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SUMMARY:Business\, human rights and poverty: strategic advantages and a l
 awyer's personal responsibility
DESCRIPTION:The session will address specific actions that all components
  of the legal profession can take towards the attainment of Sustainable 
 Development Goal 1: the eradication of poverty. First\, it will show how
  certain business activities impact society\, often influencing the exte
 nt of poverty in the region where they operate. The session will address
  specifically how can lawyers support and promote business activity that
  helps to mitigate poverty. Furthermore\, the session will describe and 
 analyse proactive\, change-orientated business\, human rights and povert
 y relief initiatives as an ethical imperative for lawyers. Concrete exam
 ples will be provided where the legal profession’s engagement can assist
  corporations in order to protect\, respect and remedy human rights.\n\n
 Each topic will provide the basis for a chapter in the subcommittee’s ne
 w book on the practical ways the legal profession can mitigate poverty a
 nd build capability
LOCATION:Session Room L\, Level -1
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