Rights as Usual

It is my pleasure to welcome Daniel Schönfelder and Michaela Streibelt on Rights as Usual. Daniel Schönfelder is a lawyer and lecturer in business and human rights. He is partner of the law firm blue marble legal. He works as Lead European Legal Advisor for the Responsible Contracting Project and in-house on the implementation of

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It is my pleasure to welcome Professor Danielle Anne Pamplona and Miguel Ángel Barboza López to Rights as Usual. Professor Pamplona is a Professor at the Post-Graduate Programme at the School of Law at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná-Brazil. She was a Visiting Scholar at the American University (2015-16), at the Max Planck Institute for

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This post by Ayako Hatano is part of the Symposium: The Many Faces of Human Rights: Revisiting Imperialist Legacies? Ayako Hatano is a research fellow for the project Imperialism, Business & Human Rights, hosted at Tilburg University. ********************************* While countries and communities in the region share certain socio-legal traditions and collective memories, the relationship between human rights and imperialism in East

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This post by Dr Nairita Roy Chaudhuri is part of the Symposium: The Many Faces of Human Rights: Revisiting Imperialist Legacies? Dr Roy Chaudhuri is a research fellow for the project Imperialism, Business & Human Rights, hosted at Tilburg University. ****************************************************************** In this blog, I show how climate-affected rural farmers in the Indian sub-continent have

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This post by Dr Flávia do Amaral Vieira is part of the Symposium: The Many Faces of Human Rights: Revisiting Imperialist Legacies? Dr do Amaral Vieira is a research fellow for the project Imperialism, Business & Human Rights, hosted at Tilburg University. ****************************************************************** Recently, the expansion of renewable energy projects and the extraction of critical

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This post by Dr Nojeem Amodu is part of the Symposium: The Many Faces of Human Rights: Revisiting Imperialist Legacies? Dr Amodu is a research fellow for the project Imperialism, Business & Human Rights, hosted at Tilburg University. ****************************************************************** While rights are entitlements, human rights are considered as claims until backed by law when they

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This blog post is by Dr Dalia Palombo. It introduces the blog symposium on The Many Faces of Human Rights: Revisiting Imperialist Legacies? Dr Palombo was one of the organisers of the seminar held in December 2024 in Tilburg (the Netherlands) on the same topic. ****************************************************************** Human rights are often depicted as universal, but there is

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This post by Dr Ege OKAKIN ERBAŞ is part of the blog series Human Rights Reactions to Economic Laws. Dr OKAKIN ERBAŞ is an Assistant Professor at Istanbul Gedik University, Faculty of Law. ************************************** As the EU expands its role in financial markets, the shift toward centralised supervision through European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) raises complex

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This post by Gabriel Araujo is part of the blog series Human Rights Reactions to Economic Laws. Gabriel Araujo is an independent consultant specializing in Business and Human Rights and Responsible Business Conduct. He is currently a PhD candidate at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where his research focuses on the development of mandatory Human Rights Due

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Since January 2025, I have been leading a new Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Corporate Sustainability and Human Rights Law. The Centre is established at Wageningen University with focal points in Ukraine – Yaroslav Mudriyi National Law University, Kharkiv – and Serbia – Belgrade Centre for Human Rights. Here you can read more information

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