2020 ICAR Annual Meeting

Since our founding in 2010, ICAR has hosted members and partners from the Business and Human Rights and Corporate Accountability movement for an annual two-day conference in Washington, D.C. to freely explore new ideas, share tactics, and strategize for the future.

This year, ICAR came together virtually and chose to spread the ICAR Annual Meeting out over four days during the last two weeks in September. We were saddened we could not meet in person, but also pleased that moving to a virtual platform allowed us to connect with more of you.

While the ICAR Annual Meeting is typically an internally facing meeting for and by civil society organizations, in the spirit of making information accessible to the broader community, we’d like to make the following resources publicly available.

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2020 Annual Meeting Summary

2020 Annual Meeting Agenda

2020 Annual Meeting Resources Guide

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2020 ICAR Annual Meeting Video Recordings

DAY ONE

Plenary: Racial Justice and the Corporate Accountability Movement

Panel: Protecting Protest: Fighting Back Against Corporate Bullies

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DAY TWO

Panel: Building Just Transition for Worker and Climate Justice

Panel: Combating Corporate Capture

Breakout Sessions:

• At the Root of Abuse: Challenging the Corporate Form

• Training the Next Generation of BHR Advocates: Training BHR Forum

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DAY THREE

Keynote Address featuring Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Day 3 Breakout Sessions:

• Countering Corporate Strategies to Avoid Responsibility for Human Rights

• Access to Remedy in the Technology Sector

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DAY FOUR

Panel: Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence

Breakout Sessions:

• Rightsholder Centered Approaches to BHR

• Using Data to Improve Working Conditions in Apparel Supply Chains and “Build Back Better” post COVID-19

• Trade and Business & Human Rights

Gwynne Skinner Human Rights Award Ceremony + Book Launch