September 2013
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Annual Conference on International Law – 9 Bedford Row and Middlesex University
On 25 October 2013, 9 Bedford Row International in partnership with Middlesex University School of Law will hold their annual conference on international law. This year the theme is “Human Rights and International Challenges”. The Dean of Middlesex School of Law, Professor Joshua Castellino, will be chairing the conference and my colleague Professor William Continue reading
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Initial Thoughts on the UK National Action Plan implementing UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
2013 is the year where everything seems to be happening in the business and human rights area. We now have a final decision in the Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum Co saga before US Courts. And the much-awaited UK action plan implementing the 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights is finally Continue reading
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Decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice on Unenforceablility of Arbitral Award on Grounds of Public Policy
In the past weeks I have been doing some research and writing in the field of international investment law and its interplay with human rights. To put it bluntly, my conclusion, as well as many other scholars’, is that there is little (i.e. not enough) consideration for human rights in arbitral awards and that Continue reading
About Me
My name is Nadia Bernaz and I am Associate Professor of Law at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. I am also the Director of the EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Corporate Sustainability and Human Rights Law.
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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