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Delegates at the conference released the Bata’an Statement, committing them to continued collaboration on tackling business-related human rights abuses in the region.

This year’s event will focus on land conflicts resulting from renewable energy projects, as well as the potential positive impact that these projects can have when led, and initiated, by indigenous communities.

A landmark declaration in 2010 brought human rights abuses by business activities into the spotlight. Since 2017, we have seen significant advances in legislating requirements for human rights due diligence in key markets, and in 2018 negotiations began on a possible Binding Treaty on business and human rights. The recent 8th Conference on Human Rights and Business highlighted exciting partnerships between human rights institutes and civil society in driving forward this change.

En 2010, une déclaration historique a mis en évidence les abus des droits de l’homme liés à des activités commerciales.

Una declaración histórica en 2010 llevó al centro de atención a los abusos contra los derechos humanos cometidos por las actividades de negocios.

A Special Economic Zone in Chiang Khong, northern Thailand, could bring valuable investment into the area. But if it does go ahead, the wetland forests should be excluded to preserve the biodiversity of the local area, and to preserve the way of life of the local community.

Delegates at the 8th Southeast Asian regional conference on Human Rights and Business in Chiang Khong, Thailand have released the Mekong Statement, committing to strengthening collaboration on confronting human rights abuses related to business activities in the region.

Documents and presentations are now available (in English or Bahasa), from the October 2017 conference in Pontianak, Indonesia, where participants from across South East Asia gathered for the seventh in a series of annual conferences on agribusiness and human rights.

Les documents et les présentations issus de la conférence d’octobre 2017 à Pontianak en Indonésie sont maintenant disponibles (en anglais et en indonésien). La conférence de 2017, qui a rassemblé des participants provenant de toute l’Asie du Sud-est pour la septième d’une série de conférences annuelles sur l’agro-industrie et les droits de l’homme.

Están disponibles los documentos y las presentaciones (en inglés o bahasa) de la conferencia de octubre de 2017 en Pontianak, Indonesia, donde participantes de todo el sudeste asiático se reunieron para la séptima de una serie de conferencias anuales sobre agronegocios y derechos humanos.

Terlah tersedia dokumen dan presentasi (dalam bahasa Inggris atau bahasa Indonesia) dari konferensi bulan Oktober 2017 di Pontianak, Indonesia, di mana peserta dari seluruh pelosok Asia Tenggara berkumpul untuk menghadiri konferensi tahunan ketujuh tentang agribisnis dan hak asasi manusia.

7th Regional Conference on Human Rights and Agribusiness in South East Asia issues resolution calling for change in land tenure recognition and security.

7th Regional Conference on Human Rights and Agribusiness in South East Asia issues resolution calling for change in land tenure recognition and security.

7th Regional Conference on Human Rights and Agribusiness in South East Asia issues resolution calling for change in land tenure recognition and security.

7th Regional Conference on Human Rights and Agribusiness in South East Asia issues resolution calling for change in land tenure recognition and security.

4 November, Kota Kinabalu: After a week of field investigations and searching discussions, the 6th Southeast Asian Conference on Human Rights and Agribusiness issued a resolution calling for moratoriums to halt the further hand out of concessions throughout the region. The meeting noted how land conflicts as a result of agribusiness expansion are proliferating and urged a pause in the hand out of licenses while community and indigenous peoples’ land rights are secured.

Human rights violations linked to agribusinesses in South East Asia compelled concerned human rights groups to come together at the 5th Regional Meeting on Human Rights and Agribusiness in South East Asia on 5 and 6 November 2015 in Puerto Princesa, on the island of Palawan in the Philippines.

On 4 – 6 November, National Human Rights Commissions and civil society organisations of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Lao PDR and Myanmar, congregated in Yangon for the Fourth Regional Conference on Human Rights and Agribusiness in Southeast Asia. This year it was hosted by the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission, co-organised by Forest Peoples Programme and RECOFTC – The Centre for People and Forests, and supported by the Rights and Resources Initiative, Ford Foundation, the Climate and Land Use Alliance, and the UK Department for International Development.

Regional dialogue pushes for rights-based reform of the agribusiness sector in Southeast Asia

On 9 – 11 October 2012, Forest Peoples Programme and Sawit Watch, with the support of Cambodian NGO Community Legal Education Center (CLEC) co-organised a workshop, ‘Making the Bali Declaration Effective: The Phnom Penh Workshop on Human Rights and Agribusiness’, as a follow-up event to the Bali Workshop on Human Rights and Agribusiness of 2011. Hosted by the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM), the workshop was attended by National Human Rights Commissioners from Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Myanmar, South Korea and Timor-Leste, the Indonesian representative to the ASEAN[1] Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), concerned Southeast Asian NGOs and the UN Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Food and on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.