Rights as Usual

human rights & business (and a few other things)

February 2021

  • Lowering the bar (in a good way): the UK Supreme Court Decision in Okpabi v. Shell

    It is a pleasure to welcome back Dr Lucas Roorda as a guest poster on “Rights as Usual”. Dr Roorda (@LRoordaLaw)  is an Assistant Professor and postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University. This post is his. ************************************************************************ Parent companies incurring common law duties of care to foreign claimants have gone from a distant hypothetical to a very real possibility. Two Continue reading

  • Wading through the (polluted) mud: the Hague Court of Appeals rules on Shell in Nigeria

    It is a pleasure to welcome back Dr Lucas Roorda as a guest poster on “Rights as Usual”. Dr Roorda (@LRoordaLaw)  is an Assistant Professor and postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University. This post is his. **************************************************************************************** On 29 January, the Court of Appeals (Gerechtshof) of The Hague delivered its judgments in the case of Four Nigerian Farmers and 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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