Working group

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Mandate

The working group "Business and Human Rights" works under the mandate of the Government Council.

Governance

The working group "Business and Human Rights" works under the supervision of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Human Rights.

It is chaired by the Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights.

Composition

The working group (WG) is characterised by its open format as well as its multi-stakeholder and multidisciplinary composition. Stakeholders involved in the work of the group come from the public sector (ministries and administrations), civil society, national human rights institutions, trade unions, the private sector and academia.

Public sector

  • Ministry of State
  • Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
  • Ministry of the Economy
  • Ministry of Finance
  • Ministry of Justice
  • National Commission for Data Protection

National Human Rights Institutions - Civil Society - Trade Unions

  • Consultative Human Rights Commission
  • Ombudsman for Children and Youth
  • Centre for Equal Treatment
  • Mediator
  • Initiative pour un devoir de vigilance (Initiative for a Duty of Vigilance)
  • ASTM
  • ALNU
  • Amnesty International (Lux)
  • Caritas
  • Fairtrade Lëtzebuerg
  • Finance & Human Rights
  • Handicap International
  • Human Rights League
  • Unicef (Lux)
  • ULC
  • Chambre des salariés (Chamber of Employees)
  • OGBL
  • LCGB

Private sector

  • Union des entreprises luxembourgeoises (Union of Luxembourg Businesses)
  • INDR
  • ALFI
  • ABBL
  • Luxembourg Stock Exchange
  • PwC Luxembourg
  • LuxFLAG
  • IMS 

University of Luxembourg

  • Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance