Shipping and Human Rights – from Principles to Practice

PROGRAM

Welcome and introduction to the Ocean and Human Rights Platform

Jostein Hole Kobbeltvedt, Executive Director, Rafto Foundation

Frances House, Senior Advisor, Institute for Human Rights and Business

PANEL

Moderator: Sigvald Sveinbjørnsson, Managing Director, Maritime Bergen

Building the industry’s capacity on human rights due diligence

Liv Minde, the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association

The Ship Lifecycle: Human rights from shipyard to scrapyard

Cathrine Bloch Veiberg, Chief Adviser, Responsible Value Chains Programme Manager, Human Rights and Business, Danish Institute for Human Rights

Delivering on Seafarers’ Rights

Francesca Fairbairn, Programme Manager, Oceans and Commodities, Institute for Human Rights and Business

Key challenges from an industry perspective

Gry Larsen, Leader Sustainability and Public Affairs, Grieg Group

An equitable ocean economy

Henrik Harboe, Special Representative Ocean, MFA