12:30pm - 14:30pm | 14 July | London

We welcome you to this high-level event on the relationship between business and human rights defenders, convened jointly by the International Service for Human Rights and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. The discussion will focus on the threats and risks many defenders face, and the responsibility of States and corporations in supporting and protecting their work.

Panelists:

• Alejandra Ancheita, Director of ProDESC in Mexico and winner of the 2014 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
• Julie Broome, Director of Programmes with Sigrid Rausing Trust
• Nicolas Patrick, Partner and Head of Pro Bono and Corporate Responsibilitty with DLA Piper
• Owen Larter, UK Government Affairs Manager with Microsoft
• Stephen Lowe, Head of Business and Human Rights/Freedom of Expression Team, Human Rights and Democracy Department, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Moderator:

• Phil Bloomer, Director of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

For those unable to attend, we invite you to follow the event on Twitter through @ISHRGlobal and @BHRRC via the hashtag #BizHRDs

We kindly request that you RSVP via this link by Friday 10 July.