The event is organized by ICNL and ECNL, under the Civic Space Initiative project together with Article 19, CIVICUS and World Movement for Democracy.
Moderated by Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, the event follows the Special Rapporteur’s recent thematic report on the principle of ‘sectoral equity’, which emphasizes that States should treat the business and civil society sectors equitably, because there are few rational reasons for differential treatment. The side event explores how best these sectors can collaborate and push the principle of sectoral equity at the State and multilateral levels. P
anelist include Anne-Sophie Gindroz from Rights and Resources – Indonesia, Cathal Gilbert from CIVICUS and Silvia Magnoni from the World Economic Forum. 