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Interview with a a lifelong advocate for workers' rights.

To mark the World Day for Social Justice on February 20th, ACTRAV Info spoke with Mr. Kari Tapiola, former Deputy Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and a lifelong advocate for workers' rights. In this insightful conversation, Mr. Tapiola—who began his career as a journalist and attended his first International Labour Conference in 1974—shares key lessons from his decades of experience. He offers guidance, particularly to young people, encouraging them to continue advocating for workers’ rights, decent work, and social justice. His message is clear: remain committed to the ILO and workers’ organizations, which play a crucial role in upholding and advancing social justice and decent work for all.

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Strengthening a just transition for a sustainable future.

On February 20th, to mark the World Day of Social Justice; From 13:30 - 14:30 (GMT-5), a panel discussion entitled “Strengthening a just transition for a sustainable future.’’will be held. Join key representatives from the United Nations in New York, Member States, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), along with the Special Advisor on Climate Action and Just Transition (TBC) and the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology (TBC), for an engaging discussion on driving sustainable climate action through a Just Transition. The session will also highlight opportunities to build a socially inclusive and empowered low-carbon economy.

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Social justice in the field of work, A new social contract for Latin America.

On February 20th, to mark the World Day of Social Justice; From 11:00 - 12:00 (GMT-5), a panel discussion entitled “Social justice in the field of work: A new social contract for Latin America.’’. Join the ILO Regional of for Latin America and the Caribbean, the co-authors of the book Justicia Social y Trabajo: desde la perspectiva de América Latina y el Caribe, and a representative from the European Union in Peru for an insightful discussion on the challenges and opportunities of advancing social justice in the region through the framework of a new social contract. 

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Decent work in Africa: A key component of Social Justice.

On February 20th, to mark the World Day of Social Justice; From 09:00 - 10:00 (GMT-5), a panel discussion entitled “Decent work in Africa: A key component of Social Justice.’’. To mark the day, the ILO Regional Office for Africa is hosting a on advancing social justice through decent work in Africa.

The event will highlight the impact of ILO projects on improving lives and fostering greater social justice. The panel will feature representatives from the government, the ILO Regional Director for Africa, a young entrepreneur, a cultural sector representative, and a partner from the Global Coalition.

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Social justice in the digital era: AI's impact on the labour market.

On February 20th, to mark the World Day of Social Justice; From: 07:00 to 08:00 (GMT-5), a panel discussion entitled “Social justice in the digital era: AI's impact on the labour market.’’ will be held. The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the ILO Regional office for Europe, is hosting a high-level discussion featuring ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo, EESC President Oliver Röpke, Ministers of Labour from various EU member countries and partners of the Global Coalition for Social Justice, and senior representatives from EU institutions, European social partners, academia, and civil society.

The event will explore how Artificial Intelligence is set to transform the world of work, focusing on opportunities to harness AI to promote decent work, foster inclusive labour markets, and advance gender equality.

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Achieving universal social health protection for social justice in Asia and the Pacific.

On February 20th, to mark the World Day of Social Justice; From From 05:00 - 06:00 (GMT-5), a panel discussion entitled “Achieving universal social health protection for social justice in Asia and the Pacific.” will be held. Join ILO Regional Office for Asia Pacific, Director, representatives of academics, members of the Mahidol University, Bangkok, and experts in the field of Social Protection as they discuss how to reinforce commitment to universal social health protection through inclusive policies and to strengthen knowledge-sharing for advancing social health protection. Watch the webcast in live!

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Realizing the right to social security: ensuring the sustainable and equitable financing of social protection - CSocD63 Side Event.

Side event of the 63rd Session of the Commission For Social Development entitled "Realizing the right to social security: ensuring the sustainable and equitable financing of social protection"

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3rd plenary meeting - 63rd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD63).

The 63rd session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD63) will take place from 10 to 14 February 2025 at the UN Headquarters in New York. The Commission is the advisory body responsible for the social development pillar of global development.

General discussion continued

Priority Theme: Strengthening solidarity, social inclusion and social cohesion to accelerate the delivery of the commitments of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development as well as the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Emerging issue: Social resilience and social development.

Related Documents

CSocD63 Website Provisional agenda and documentation (pdf) Watch the 3rd plenary meeting - 63rd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD63)!

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Opening, 2nd plenary meeting - 63rd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD63).

Opening of the session

Election of officers

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters

Follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development and the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly

Introductory Statements

General discussion begins

High-level panel discussion "The Second World Summit for Social Development"

Priority Theme: Strengthening solidarity, social inclusion and social cohesion to accelerate the delivery of the commitments of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development as well as the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Emerging issue: Social resilience and social development.

The 63rd session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD63) will take place from 10 to 14 February 2025 at the UN Headquarters in New York. The Commission is the advisory body responsible for the social development pillar of global development.

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2nd Meeting, 77th Session, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR).

Consideration of Croatia

The Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by its State parties. The Covenant enshrines economic, social and cultural rights such as the rights to adequate food, adequate housing, education, health, social security, water and sanitation, and work.

The Committee seeks to develop a constructive dialogue with State parties, determine whether the Covenant's norms are being applied, and assess how the implementation and enforcement of the Covenant could be improved so all people can enjoy these rights in full.

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1st Meeting, 77th Session, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR).

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by its State parties. The Covenant enshrines economic, social and cultural rights such as the rights to adequate food, adequate housing, education, health, social security, water and sanitation, and work.

The Committee seeks to develop a constructive dialogue with State parties, determine whether the Covenant's norms are being applied, and assess how the implementation and enforcement of the Covenant could be improved so all people can enjoy these rights in full.

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Future in Focus: Preparing for What Lies Ahead. UNDESA Global Policy Dialogue.

This review, "Future in Focus: Preparing for What Lies Ahead," also highlights how UN DESA, within the broader framework of an agile UN 2.0, works with other UN system partners in helping countries respond to multidimensional, systemic risks. In particular, the dialogue will highlight the latest findings from the "World Economic Situation and Prospects 2025" and the "World Population Prospects 2024" to show how these tools help inform governments and other stakeholders and allow them to better navigate future obstacles and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This dialogue is made possible by the UN Peace and Development Trust Fund.

Join UN DESA for a Global Policy Dialogue showcasing a new review of how the Department uses foresight to help Member States plan for a future that leaves no one behind.

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Preparing the Most Vulnerable for Future Shocks: A UN DESA Global Policy Dialogue for the Classroom on the World Social Report 2024.

The new World Social Report 2024 from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) illustrates how shocks hit the most vulnerable people and societies the hardest, with both short- and long-term impacts on social development.

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World Social Summit Briefing.

An informal briefing for stakeholders on the preparations for the Second World Summit for Social Development will be convened by H.E. Mr. Philippe Kridelka, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations, and H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations, in their capacity as co-facilitators of the intergovernmental preparatory process leading up to the Summit.

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4th Meeting, Social Forum 2024.

15h00-15h45    Domestic and International Private Business and Finance

     Moderator: Ms. Özge Aydoğan, Director, Beyond Lab

Mr. Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Leveraging Private Business and Finance for the Alleviation of Global Poverty

Mr. Veaceslav Sterbert, Managing Partner at Exportza, Moldova, Sharing Stories and Experiences on Access to Finance in the Republic of Moldova

Mr. Anand Priya Deo, Ananda Foundation, India, Financial Inclusion, Grameen Microfinance, Women's Empowerment and Livelihoods among Tribal and Indigenous Communities in India

Mr. Jason Pegat-Toquet, Advisor, International Organization of Employers, The Role of Multistakeholder and Public-Private Partnerships

Ms. Yixuan Peng, Ph.D. Candidate, Law School of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, Human Rights Responsibilities of Digital Business Enterprises

15h45-16h30      Interactive Dialogue

16h30-17h45   Crafting Recommendations to FFD4, with a focus on Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States     Moderator: Mr. Mihir Kanade, Professor and Head, Department of International Law and Director, Human Rights Centre,                          University for Peace (UPEACE), San José, Costa Rica

H.E. Ms. Patricia Hermanns, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas to the United Nations in Geneva, Sustainable Finance for Caribbean and other Small Island Developing States

Ms. Bhumika Muchhala,Political Economist, Policy Advocate and Research Scholar, New School, New York, Addressing Systemic Issues for Justice and Equity in Global Governance

Mr. Unubat Narantsatsralt, Student Researcher, International Institute in Geneva, Sustainable Financing for Landlocked Developing Countries – From the Perspective of Mongolia

Ms. Gladys Cecilia Hernandez, Deputy Director, Centro de Investigaciones de la Economia Mondial, Cuba, Proposals for a New International Financial Architecture

Ms. Jane Nalunga, Executive Director, SEATINI, Uganda, FFD Africa Core Group, and Coordination Group of the Civil Society FFD Mechanism – Ensuring Effective Outcomes for African Countries, Least Developed Countries and All Human Rights for All at FFD4

17h45-18h00   Closing Remarks

 H.E. Marc Bichler, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Social Forum

The Social Forum 2024 focuses on the contribution of financing for development to the advancement of all Human Rights for all.

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3rd Meeting, Social Forum 2024.

The Social Forum 2024 focuses on the contribution of financing for development to the advancement of all Human Rights for all.

10h00-10h45       Roundtable: Debt and Debt Sustainability

     Moderator:  Ms. Sakshi Rai, Sustainable Development Section, OHCHR

Mr. Ugo Panizza, Professor of Economics and Head of Department and Pictet Chair in Finance and Development, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Foreign Debt and Development Finance

Mr. Grieve Chelwa, Associate Professor of Political Economy, Chair of Social Sciences, The Africa Institute / African Sovereign Debt Justice Network, Global Studies University, Debt Restructuring - The Experience of Zambia

Mr. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Senior Researcher, National and Technical Research Council, Argentina and Consultant for the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), OHCHR and UNDP, Why and How Human Rights in Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA)

Ms. Iolanda Fresnillo, Policy and Advocacy Manager for Debt Justice, Eurodad, Climate Change and Debt Sustainability Analysis

Ms. Penelope Hawkins, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Debt and Development Finance Branch, UNCTAD, Debt and Fiscal Space for Human Rights and Sustainable Development

10h45-11h30     Interactive dialogue

11h30-12h15       Domestic Resource Mobilization

Moderator: Mr. Serges Kamga, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, South Africa

H.E. Mr. Sharaf Sheralizoda, Permanent Representative of Tajikistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Domestic Resource Mobilization and Investment for Sustainable Development

Ms. Chenai Mukumba, Executive Director, Tax Justice Network Africa, Tax Justice

Mr. Abdul Muheet Chowdhary / Tax Initiative, South Centre, Geneva, Lessons Learned and Good Practices – In the Experience of the South Centre Tax Initiative

Mr. Gerard Kamga, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, South Africa, Illicit Financial Flows from Africa and the Financing of Development

Ms. Anu Peltola, Director of Statistics, UNCTAD, Tracking and Measuring Illicit Financial Flows for Domestic Resource Mobilization and the Realization of Human Rights

12h15-13h00       Interactive Dialogue

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(Session 1) Commodity Price Volatility and the Sustainable Development Goals.

The workshop, co-organized by FSDO/DESA, The Harriet Tubman Institute, and The Monetary Policy Institute, to be held on October 31, 2024, will discuss the theme "Commodity Price Volatility and the Sustainable Development Goals."

Welcome

Opening remarks

Setting the Stage: "Perspectives on Inflation from the World Economic Situation and Prospects"

Keynote presentations:

-  "Towards Post-Neoliberal Stabilization Policy: Revisiting buffer stocks in an age of overlapping emergencies"

-  "Primary Commodity Exports and All Debt: A conversation on economic development models"

-  "Exploring How Digital, Grassroot Economics, Creative Management Strategies and the 3F Model can Help Champion Improving Value Chains in the Commodities Markets"

-  "Development as (Economic) Sovereignty: A Paradigm shift and composite index"

Participants will examine the various factors driving the excessive volatility of commodity prices, which has constrained the resources of developing countries in achieving sustainable development goals. They will also discuss the main challenges and essential policies required to address the market structures contributing to this issue.

Website

Programme

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