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EU Human Rights Due Diligence Webinar Series: An Overview
Background on the Webinar Series
In 2020, the EU announced it would adopt a directive on mandatory human rights due diligence (mHRDD) for companies. This would enshrine a human rights-based approach in the business world.
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Learn with Lena: International Women’s Day
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To all of you who struggled for women’s & human rights back then and still do so now – the International Women’s Day is for you! Discrimination, violence, threats and offences towards women, unfortunately, still remain today…
– Lena
How the New IPCC Report Addresses Migration and Human Rights
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Meet Claudia Ituarte-Lima
Claudia Ituarte-Lima is a senior researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and an international public lawyer. She studies the linkages between human rights, biodiversity, and climate change. Claudia combines this research with efforts to refine and enshrine international law with … Continue reading » “Meet Claudia Ituarte-Lima”
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Why the “Global South” matters in young people’s right to a healthy environment
If transformation towards global sustainability is to happen, we need to value the work of young climate advocates, and help make it visible.
By Claudia Ituarte-Lima, Sri Aryani, and Delia Paul
Women’s rights in environmental law, from 1972 to today
Important progress has been made, but now is the time to place women’s rights at the heart of transnational environmental law.
By Claudia Ituarte-Lima
The 1972 Stockholm Conference sowed the seeds for the growth of transnational environmental law, with
Should Machines Be Allowed To Do Everything They Can?
Welcome to our blog, the Human Righter. We shed light on contemporary human rights issues and comment on human rights developments. We dig deep into our focus areas within human rights, discuss SDGs and human rights. You will also find … Continue reading » “Should Machines Be Allowed To Do Everything They Can?”
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Learn with Lena: International Human Rights Day
What does climate change have to do with human rights?
When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created in 1948, it was done so to hold firm to the highest of ideals, a set of entitlements that allow all … Continue reading » “Learn with Lena: International Human Rights Day”
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