As part of its ‘First Thought Talks’ programme, this year’s Galway International Arts Festival has an event entitled ‘The Power Company – When a Company becomes more powerful than a […]
With Ireland having a new Taoiseach in Leo Varadkar, the former Minister for Social Protection, and a new Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney, whose Department has assumed the responsibility […]
The following is a guest piece which I was very pleased to be asked to write for the bi-monthly Public Interest Law Alliance Bulletin. You can find an archive of […]
The Open Society Justice Initiative has released the latest report in its Strategic Litigation Impacts Series. Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights, which was written by my friend and colleague Dr Jeremie Gilbert, explores […]
Recent reports from two separate European Union bodies highlight the need for continuing efforts to advance the business and human rights agenda. The general thrust of both documents is that […]
On 24 March 2017, the Irish Centre for Human Rights hosted a one-day conference at NUI Galway entitled: ‘Exploring litigation as a business and human rights remedy’. The conference looked at […]
In advance of the business and human rights litigation conference on 24 March at NUI Galway, I am reposting this blogpost from 2013, which looked at the potential liability of software companies for […]
