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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The EU Parliament Position on the CSDDD : Towards Requiring Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement?
It is a pleasure to welcome Dr Caroline Omari Lichuma on Rights as Usual (Caroline.lichuma@uni.lu; @Carollichuma on Twitter). Caroline is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Luxembourg . She received her LLB from the University of Nairobi, her LLM from New York University and her PhD from the Georg-August University of Göttingen. Her current research is in…
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The EC’s draft ban on products made using forced labour: Key measures to guarantee remediation for victims
I am very pleased to host two blog pieces which reflect on the 10 years which have passed since Rana Plaza as well as offering thoughts as to the way forward. The first one, by Rubana Huq was posted here. The second one, by Claire Methven O’Brien and Amy Weatherburn focus on the remedy gap in…
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Rana Plaza, 10 years on: time for brands, unions and the industry to work together
I am very pleased to host two blog pieces which reflect on the 10 years which have passed since Rana Plaza as well as offering thoughts as to the way forward. The first is by Rubana Huq. Rubana is a Bangladeshi businesswoman, university academic and poet. She is the current Vice-chancellor of Asian University for…
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Human Rights and Sovereign Debt Restructurings: A Proposal for an Optimal Outcome
I am very pleased to host Danny Bradlow’s exposition of his Dove Principles. Danny has used his vast experience to design these principles. This blog piece was commissioned and edited by Sandhya Drew and Felogene Anumo for the Blog of the Business and Human Rights Journal but an IT blip on the CUP website is…
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Business and Human Rights Regulation after the UN Guiding Principles – a Critical Assessment
It is a pleasure to welcome back Dr René Wolfsteller and Dr Yingru Li on Rights as Usual. René is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg where he analyzes the governance of business and human rights, sustainability, and climate change. Yingru is a Lecturer in Accounting at the Adam Smith Business School, University…
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Business and Human Rights in the New Chilean Constitution? Implications for Chile and Latin America
It is a pleasure to welcome Moisés Montiel Mogollón and Salvador Herencia-Carrasco to Rights as Usual. Moisés Montiel Mogollón (@MoisesMontielM) is an adjunct professor of International Law at Universidad Iberoamericana and Universidad Panamericana in Mexico and Managing Partner at Lotus Soluciones Legales. Salvador Herencia-Carrasco (@Sherencia77) is the Director of the Human Rights Clinic, HRREC and part-time professor at…
About Me
My name is Nadia Bernaz and I am Associate Professor of Law at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. 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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- Corporate (Un)Accountability in the Colonial Era: The Case of the East India Company
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