Rights as Usual

human rights & business (and a few other things)

November 2014

  • Virunga: a must-watch documentary

      Business and human rights, as I hope this blog has continuously shown, is a multi-faceted field. It touches upon entangled issues such as corruption, the protection of the environment and wildlife, conflicts, survival, poverty, greed, exploitation, racism, development and many more. Because of this complexity, it is often difficult to grasp the different aspects… Continue reading

  • Coup de théâtre at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon over Corporate Criminal Liability

    As I discussed in a previous post, the Appeals Panel of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon unexpectedly decided in October that the Tribunal has jurisdiction over corporations in contempt proceedings. The decision was taken in relation to case STL-14-05, a contempt case against a news corporation, New TV S.A.L., and Ms Karma Khayat, the company’s… Continue reading

  • Complaint to the International Criminal Court against the CEO of Chevron

      At the end of October 2014, representatives of Ecuadorian victims sent a formal complaint against “the Chief Executive Officer of Chevron and any other corporate officer” of the company to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms Fatou Bensouda. As far as I know this is the first time anyone tries to bring… 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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