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Malaysia Participates in the 2017 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, 27-29 November 2017

 

The Hon. Senator Datuk Paul Low, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department led the Malaysian delegation to the 2017 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights from 27 to 29 November 2017 in Geneva.  The theme of the 2017 UN Forum is “Realizing Access to Effective Remedy” and addressed the critical issue of access to remedy by examining systemic flaws and shortcomings in existing efforts and reviewing emerging good practices and innovations, with a view to achieving greater coherence and committed action in the service of human rights and rights-holders.

 

 

 

Senator Paul Low was also a speaker at the closing plenery, during which he spoke on charting out next steps atowards achieving coherent and concerted action on the UN Guiding Principals on Business and Human Rights.