Rights as Usual

human rights & business (and a few other things)

October 2023

  • A Divided World? A Lesson from the Energy Charter Treaty

    This blog post was authored by Dr Dalia Palombo – Tilburg University. She was one of the organisers of the Symposium: Colonisation in, of and through Business and Human Rights, held in April 2023 in Tilburg (the Netherlands). The blog post is part of a Blog Series published on Rights as Usual. ******************************** The morning after the Symposium: Colonisation Continue reading

  • Reality Check: Navigating the Pitfalls of Human Rights Due Diligence

    This blog post was authored by Nazrin Huseinzade. Nazrin Huseinzade is an international human rights lawyer. She currently works as Business and Human Rights Advisor at Enact, a Stockholm-based consulting firm specialised in corporate human rights due diligence. She was a speaker at the Symposium: Colonisation in, of and through Business and Human Rights, held in April Continue reading

  • The cooptation of BHR: the looming threat of ‘CSR capture’

    This blog post was authored by Prof. Dr. Florian Wettstein – Universität St.Gallen (HSG) | unisg.ch, who was the keynote speaker at the Symposium: Colonisation in, of and through Business and Human Rights, held in April 2023 in Tilburg (the Netherlands). It is part of a Blog Series published on Rights as Usual. ************************************************** Corporate social Continue reading

  • Blog Series: Colonisation in, of and through Business and Human Rights

    This blog post was authored by Dr Dalia Palombo – Tilburg University. The day I finally sent the last version of my article Transnational Business and Human Rights Litigation: An Imperialist Project? | Human Rights Law Review | Oxford Academic (oup.com) to the Human Rights Law Review, I wanted to forget about anything related to 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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