November 2012 NEWSLETTER The Geneva Office of the Friedrich ‐ Ebert ‐ Stiftung(FES Geneva) presents its newsletter, de ‐ signed to inform you of our activities and publications as well as of recent and upcoming events and developments at the Geneva ‐ based international organizations. If you do not want to receive this newsletter, please Unsubscribe. Das Genfer Büro der Friedrich ‐ Ebert ‐ Stiftung(FES Genf) freut sich, Ihnen unseren jüngsten Newsletter vorzustellen. Dieser enthält Informationen über unsere Veranstaltungen und Neuerscheinungen und bringt Sie auf den neuesten Stand von Entwicklungen in Genfer in ‐ ternationalen Organisationen. Sollten Sie diesen Newsletter nicht erhalten wollen, dann können Sie ihn hier abbestellen. I NDEX //Upcoming Events //Recent Events //International Agenda //Publications //Subscribe //Upcoming Events Forum on Business and Human Rights 04 to 05 December 2012, Geneva, Switzerland The United Nations decided to hold its 1 st Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights, 4 to 5 December 2012, to discuss trends and challenges in the implementa ‐ tion of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights(Ruggie ‐ Principles). The forum will be open to all stakeholders and intends to become an important place for information exchange and discussion. FES ‐ Geneva was given the task to enable a number of activists from the Global South to be present at the forum. Further information Symposium on the impact of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the work of CESCR on national and regional court and policy decisions 24 November 2012, Geneva, Switzerland This expert gathering, which aims to bring together the Members of CESCR, inter ‐ national experts and the diplomatic community will illustrate and discuss the im ‐ pact that the work of the Committee on economic, social and cultural rights has had on national jurisprudence, in particular through its General Comments and Concluding Observations. In this perspective, the invited international experts will present how the international law standards in relation with ESCR, as developed by the CESCR have been used to protect rights and to reform laws and policies in their respective countries. The discussions will also allow to underline how, recip ‐ rocally, the work of the CESCR benefit from the development of national jurispru ‐ dence. ILO Committee of Experts and UN Committee on ESC Rights discuss Informal Labor 23 November 2012, Geneva, Switzerland Labor rights in the informal economy are extremely difficult to monitor. However, workers in the informal economy are not outside the scope of application of inter ‐ national labor standards. Indeed, the ILO supervisory bodies as well as the UN Com ‐ mittee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights formulate comments on the applica ‐ tion of labor standards in the informal economy. FES ‐ Geneva invites each Novem ‐ Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung  Director: Dr Matthes Buhbe  6 bis, Chemin du Point-du-Jour  1202 Geneva, Switzerland Tel.+41 22 733 3450  Fax:+41 22 733 3545  E-mail: info@fes-geneva.org  www.fes-geneva.org