Human Rights and the Oil & Gas Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa IPIECA held the fifth human rights workshop in their regional series on 26 – 27th February 2009, co-sponsored and hosted by Chevron Corporation and the IPIECA Social Responsibility Working Group.

This workshop brought together diverse and high-level human rights experts from academia, business, governments, and international and non-governmental organizations to:

• discuss a range of human rights-related topics including development and health
• hear from experts on human rights impact assessments and security issues
• listen to case studies on Nigeria and the mining industry
• participate in small group training based around scenario discussions, and learn about IPIECA social responsibility guidance and tools

Workshop programme (PDF, 564KB)

Presentations
	Niger Delta - Emerging Issues and Opportunities - Austin Onuoha, Africa Center for Corporate Responsibility (PDF, 4MB)
	Human Rights Impact Assessments - Graham Baxter, IBLF / Gare Smith, Foley Hoag (PDF, 2.3MB)
	Security Issues and Human Rights - Jérôme Servot, Total (PDF, 653KB)
	Security Issues and Human Rights - Karen Hayes, PACT International (PDF, 3MB)
	Promoting Human Rights through Development - Salil Tripathi, The Institute for Human Rights and Business (PDF, 132KB)
	Evolution of the Role of Business in Promoting Human Rights - Bheki Sibiya, Tiger Brands Ltd. (PDF, 175KB)
	Linking Health Issues and Human Rights - André Madec, ExxonMobil (PDF, 273KB)
	The Experience of the Mining Sector in Promoting Human Rights - Paul Hollesen, AngloGold Ashanti (PDF, 1.6MB)
	Exploring the IPIECA Human Rights Training Toolkit - Julie Vallat, Total (PDF, 1MB)
	Experience of Petronas on Adapting and Developing the Human Rights Training Toolkit - M.S. Nagi Reddy, Petronas (PDF, 240KB)
	Other IPIECA Tools - Jeff Flood, Nexen (PDF, 304KB)