It is a pleasure to welcome Dr Jérémie Gilbert as a guest poster on ‘Rights as Usual’. Jérémie is a reader at the University of East London and the author of  Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights under International Law – From Victims to Actors  (Transnational Publishers, 2006). This post is his. ***************************************************** On the 19th of Continue reading

So this is it. After years of speculations about this case in the human rights community, the United States Supreme Court finally rendered its decision in the Kiobel et al. v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. et al. case on 17 April. They dismissed the applicants’ claims and ruled in favour of the corporate defendants. To Continue reading

What: Launch of advocacy research report on Free, Prior, Informed Consent for indigenous peoples & how it applies to the mining industry Where: Barnet Town Hall, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon, London, NW4 4BT, United Kingdom (Tube: Hendon Central, Northern Line) When: 6pm – 2nd May 2013 Speakers: Will include Professor James Anaya, the UN Continue reading

My colleague Professor Jena Martin Amerson is organising a conference on  “Business and Human Rights: Moving Forward, Looking Back” to be held at her home university, West Virginia University (USA), on 23-24 September 2013. The call for papers, which can be found here, states that “the conference will examine the United Nation’s recent work on Continue reading

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has just issued A Guide to Business and Human Rights – How Human Rights Can Add Value to Your Business. The guide is aimed at British businesses and specifically Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). It provides simple answers to key questions such as “What are human rights?” and “Why Continue reading