Save the date! Galway Business and Human Rights Symposium 2022
The annual Galway Business and Human Rights Symposium will take place online at NUI Galway on 25 March 2022. The theme of this year’s event is “The Contribution of the […]
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Business and Human Rights Update for our Readers
Much is happening in B+HR. Here is a tour of some big developments, campaigns and new resources, prepared by Rachel. EU Sustainable Corporate Governance Proposal The EU Sustainable Corporate Governance […]
Event: ‘Ireland Step Up: Hold Irish companies to account for harming people and the planet abroad’
Ireland’s Front Line Defenders are hosting a panel discussion on business and human rights as part of this year’s Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival. The event “aims to raise […]
Whose business are human rights?
The following post is a revised and slightly longer version of a piece that appeared yesterday on the RTÉ Brainstorm website. * * * During a hearing of the public […]
Guest post – Mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence in the new Programme for Government: needed now more than ever
Very pleased to share this guest post from Siobhán Curran, who works with Trócaire as Policy and Advocacy Adviser on Human Rights and Democratic Space. You can follow her @SiobhanMCurran. * […]
Comprehensive, Independent & Forward-Looking: Baseline Assessment of Ireland’s Legislative & Regulatory Framework for Business and Human Rights
As part of its National Plan on Business and Human Rights 2017-2020, the Irish Government committed to having a baseline assessment undertaken of the legislative and regulatory framework as it […]
Guest Post: Ireland’s groundbreaking ‘Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill, 2018’ – Part II
Very pleased to share Part II of this guest post by Gerry Liston, a legal officer with the Global Legal Action Network and Sadaka – the Ireland Palestine Alliance, who has […]
Save the date! 2 April 2019: Annual Business and Human Rights Symposium, Galway
The Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland Galway will host a half-day symposium on 2 April 2019 entitled Non-Financial Reporting: Implications for business and human […]
Guest Post: A milestone in the development of a Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights
I am delighted to welcome this guest post from Siobhan Curran, Policy and Advocacy Advisor on Human Rights and Democratic Space with Trócaire on the fourth session of the open-ended intergovernmental working […]
Guest Post: First Draft of the Proposed Treaty on Business; Human Rights: A Step Forward for Access to Justice and Remedy for Victims – Part II
I am very pleased to share Part II of this post on the draft business and human rights treaty by Nilsun Gursoy, a lawyer qualified to practice in Turkey and currently […]
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