CHAPTER 5 - REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND COOPERATION COMMITTEE APF Conference on ‘Business and Human Rights’, 11-13 October in Seoul The APF 16th Annual Meeting and Biennial Conference (APF16) were held from 6-8 September in Bangkok, Thailand. At the Annual Meeting, the Commission and the Jordanian National Human Rights Commission were re-elected by APF Forum Councillors to continue their role as the APF representatives to the ICC Bureau from March 2012 to March 2015. The APF16 discussed several significant issues pertaining to the new membership of the Bangladeshi Human Rights Commission, engagement with the UN Open- Ended Working Group on Ageing, review of the ICC accreditation process and its General Observations, as well as thematic issues on sexual orientation, right to development and NHRIs’ engagement with UN human rights mechanisms. The Commission participated in the APF conference on ‘Business and Human Rights’ from 11-13 October, jointly hosted by the South Korean Commission and the APF in Seoul, to follow up on the Edinburgh Declaration adopted in October 2010. Commissioner James Nayagam highlighted the Commission’s initiatives in organising roundtable discussions on ‘Business and Human Rights’ with key stakeholders in Malaysia, as well as the Commission’s plan to formulate a policy on business and human rights to be observed by the private sector, and which will be submitted to the Government for its consideration. 98 From 20-21 June, the Commission hosted a regional conference on ‘Integrating Reproductive Rights into the Work of NHRIs’ in Kuala Lumpur.