Many thanks to my colleague Dr Susan Pascoe for the info. On 26 March 2014 the Law Society (of England and Wales) Gazette reported that the Society’s Business and Human Rights Advisory Group recommended that business and human rights become part of legal training requirements and continued professional development. This seems to be at a Continue reading

    The annual International Criminal Court Summer School at the National University of Ireland (Galway) will take place on 16-20 June 2014. The Summer School consists of five days of intensive lectures given by leading specialists on the subject. The summer school is attended by legal professionals, academics, postgraduate students and NGOs. Participants are Continue reading

    On Monday 10 March 2014, Caribbean leaders gathered in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for a CARICOM meeting adopted a 10-point plan “to achieve reparatory justice for the victims of genocide, slavery, slave trading, and racial apartheid.” The plan consists in: (1) demanding a full formal apology from European governments for the colonization Continue reading

On 3 April 2014, 9 Bedford Row Chambers, in partnership with Middlesex University School of Law will hold their annual conference on international law. This year they have chosen 2 themes: “Human Rights in Post-Revolution States” and “Human Rights at Sea.”  I will speak in the morning on “Corporate Accountability in Transitional States” and will Continue reading