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Donations and Democracy – website launch
The website of Donations and Democracy was just launched today. Donations and Democracy is an initiative that aims to uncover the connection between foreign companies and U.S. Congress members who voted against certifying the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. This should be of interest to anyone who cares about democracy, human rights and…
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Righting the Wrongs of the Past: using public and private international legal tools to account for historical and continued global inequalities
This blog post by Dr Gamze Erdem Türkelli, Begüm Kilimcioğlu and Prof. Thalia Kruger is part of a Blog Series on Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights published on Rights as Usual. Thalia Kruger researches and teaches Private International Law. She is a member of the University of Antwerp’s Research Group Law and Development. Within Private International…
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International Cooperation and Solidarity: The Missing 4th Pillar of the UNGPs
This blog post by Dr Daniel Aguirre is part of a Blog Series on Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights published on Rights as Usual. Dr. Daniel Aguirre is a Senior Lecturer at Roehampton University and a visiting fellow at the ICWS, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Dr. Aguirre works with NGOs around the world…
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Call for Book Proposals on Business, Human Rights and the Environment
Together with David Birchall and Rachel Chambers I co-edit a Springer Series covering the broad field of Business, Human Rights and the Environment. We have an ongoing call for book proposals in any related subjects (law, business/management studies, political science etc.) which draw out novel insights on the topic through original, cutting-edge research. These proposals…
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Corporate (Un)Accountability in the Colonial Era: The Case of the East India Company
This blog post by Prof. Hassan M. Ahmad and Heera E. Sen is part of a Blog Series on Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights published on Rights as Usual. Prof. Hassan M. Ahmad is Assistant Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia (Canada). Heera E. Sen is a JD Student, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University…
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Decolonising Modern Slavery: the Role of Poverty and Racial Inequalities in the Business and Human Rights Framework
This blog post by João Victor Gianecchini is part of a Blog Series on Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights published on Rights as Usual. João Victor Gianecchini is a Master’s student at the University of São Paulo (Ribeirão Preto Law School), and Scholarship holder at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence at the University of São Paulo (C4AI/USP). ********************************************************** Despite the…
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Transnational human rights litigation not a panacea for addressing structural roots of corporate impunity: examples from African justice systems
This blog post by Dr Kebene Wodajo and Wangui Kimotho is part of a Blog Series on Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights published on Rights as Usual. Dr Kebene Wodajo is Postdoctoral (Senior Research) Fellow at the Institute for Business Ethics, University of St.Gallen (Switzerland). Wangui Kimotho is a Research Associate and PhD Candidate at the Institute for Business Ethics,…
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Adjudicating Human Rights and Environmental Claims Against Transnational Corporations: The Jurisdictional Reasonableness Test
This blog post by Dr Ekaterina Aristova is part of a Blog Series on Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights published on Rights as Usual. Dr Aristova is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford. ***************************************** In April 2023, I had the pleasure of presenting at the symposium ‘Colonisation in, of and through…
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Legislating French values for the rest
This blog post by Debadatta Bose is part of a Blog Series on Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights published on Rights as Usual. Debadatta Bose is a Doctoral candidate at the Amsterdam Law School, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands). ***************************** As the foremost mandatory human rights due diligence (mHRDD) law, the French law on the duty of…
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European Corporations in Brazilian Regions Inhabited by Indigenous Communities: Colonial Legacies and Potential Room for Change
This blog post by Luiza Pigozzo Rocha is part of a Blog Series on Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights published on Rights as Usual. Luiza Pigozzo Rocha is a research associate of the NOVA Knowledge Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment. She is currently on the Themis exchange programme at the University of St.…
About Me
My name is Nadia Bernaz and I am Associate Professor of Law at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. My area of research is business and human rights. I look at how corporations and businesspeople are held accountable for their human rights impact through international, domestic and transnational processes.
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- Donations and Democracy – website launch
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- International Cooperation and Solidarity: The Missing 4th Pillar of the UNGPs
- Call for Book Proposals on Business, Human Rights and the Environment
- Corporate (Un)Accountability in the Colonial Era: The Case of the East India Company
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