On 31 October 2019, UNDP B+HR Asia hosted the B+HR Lab III: Testing Assumptions in Bangkok. The Lab was the third such event since the project Business and Human Rights in Asia: Promoting Responsible Business Practices Through Regional Partnerships was launched in 2017. This year, the Lab provided a podium to various ‘outsiders’ to help test the programmatic and policy assumptions that UN and other actors might be operating from.

The aim of the B+HR Lab is to foster collaboration and coordination among UN and other actors working under the heading of the Business and Human Rights agenda. The following report provides an account of the discussions that took place during the Lab while respecting the Chatham House Rule.