RWI’s Senior Researcher Radu Mares has written the first research brief in a series of four briefs coming out on business and human rights. This first brief explains the progression of legal reasoning around corporate human rights responsibilities during the … Continue reading » “New Research Brief: Three Baselines for Business and Human Rights”
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“Business Will Also Show It’s Up To the Challenge”
Anne Ramberg, the Secretary General of the Swedish Bar Association, called for businesses to do more to protect human rights Thursday night during the 12th annual Anna Lindh Lecture in Lund, Sweden.
“That protection is needed, not only from the … Continue reading » ““Business Will Also Show It’s Up To the Challenge””
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“I Have a Duty to Go Back to My Region and Help My People”
Joy Bravo, who works on the Commission of Human Rights in the Philippines (CHRP), says the the issues of business, human rights and the environment is so important because it has a big impact on the most vulnerable sectors in … Continue reading » ““I Have a Duty to Go Back to My Region and Help My People””
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RWI recently visited Maersk Group, a global trade, shipping and energy company with headquarters in Copenhagen, for a talk about business and human rights.
RWI’s director Morten Kjaerum was asked to address the group of legal councillors at the company.… Continue reading » “RWI visits Maersk Group to talk about business and human rights”
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The deputy secretary of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia says she hopes a new national action plan on business and human rights in the country will influence businesses to have more respect for human rights in relation to working … Continue reading » “New Action Plan for Business and Human Rights in Malaysia”
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During a recent workshop on business, human rights and the environment for Southeast Asian National Human Rights Institutions, we spoke to Dianto Bachradi. He is commissioner at Komnas HAM, the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission. He is passionate when … Continue reading » ““NHRI’s need to bring the actors into the room””
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The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is holding a workshop this week on business, human rights and the environment for Southeast Asian National Human Rights Institutions.
Daw Than Nwe, a commissioner in the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission since 2011, shares … Continue reading » ““We have a lot of work to do,” says commissioner at Myanmar National Human Rights Commission”
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