Human Rights
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Corporate (Un)Accountability in the Colonial Era: The Case of the East India Company
This blog post by Prof. Hassan M. Ahmad and Heera E. Sen is part of a Blog Series on Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights published on Rights as Usual. Prof. Hassan M. Ahmad is Assistant Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia (Canada). Heera E. Sen is a JD Student, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University Continue reading
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Decolonising Modern Slavery: the Role of Poverty and Racial Inequalities in the Business and Human Rights Framework
This blog post by João Victor Gianecchini is part of a Blog Series on Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights published on Rights as Usual. João Victor Gianecchini is a Master’s student at the University of São Paulo (Ribeirão Preto Law School), and Scholarship holder at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence at the University of São Paulo (C4AI/USP). ********************************************************** Despite the Continue reading
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Transnational human rights litigation not a panacea for addressing structural roots of corporate impunity: examples from African justice systems
This blog post by Dr Kebene Wodajo and Wangui Kimotho is part of a Blog Series on Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights published on Rights as Usual. Dr Kebene Wodajo is Postdoctoral (Senior Research) Fellow at the Institute for Business Ethics, University of St.Gallen (Switzerland). Wangui Kimotho is a Research Associate and PhD Candidate at the Institute for Business Ethics, Continue reading
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Adjudicating Human Rights and Environmental Claims Against Transnational Corporations: The Jurisdictional Reasonableness Test
This blog post by Dr Ekaterina Aristova is part of a Blog Series on Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights published on Rights as Usual. Dr Aristova is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford. ***************************************** In April 2023, I had the pleasure of presenting at the symposium ‘Colonisation in, of and through Continue reading
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Legislating French values for the rest
This blog post by Debadatta Bose is part of a Blog Series on Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights published on Rights as Usual. Debadatta Bose is a Doctoral candidate at the Amsterdam Law School, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands). ***************************** As the foremost mandatory human rights due diligence (mHRDD) law, the French law on the duty of Continue reading
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European Corporations in Brazilian Regions Inhabited by Indigenous Communities: Colonial Legacies and Potential Room for Change
This blog post by Luiza Pigozzo Rocha is part of a Blog Series on Colonization in, of and through Business and Human Rights published on Rights as Usual. Luiza Pigozzo Rocha is a research associate of the NOVA Knowledge Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment. She is currently on the Themis exchange programme at the University of St. Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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