Since 2007, a consortium of some 50 human rights-related NGOs, universities and institution-based individuals has been established to explore and strengthen the idea of "extraterritorial human rights obligations," that is, the obligation of States to comply with their human rights obligations insofar as their actions or omissions have an impact on the human rights of individuals and populations outside their national territory.

 

At this unique event, well-known human rights experts and activists will confront their views as to how far this revolution in human rights thinking may go. They will examine its consequences in various fields, ranging from trade and investment to climate change and international financial regulation, and ask what these fields would look like, were they reshaped to contribute to the promotion and protection of human rights.