The Interest Group on International Business and Human Rights was created in 2011 to bring together academics, practitioners and ESIL members with an interest in this topic.
As the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights start to be implemented worldwide and the corporate responsibility to respect human rights penetrates the agenda of the largest multinational companies and small business enterprises alike, the Interest Group seeks to serve as a platform for intellectual exchange and networking. Its main aim is to foster debate and collaboration among its members and to organise research workshops to discuss the fast developing advances with regards to the dynamic between economic activities, the actors inhabiting this space and the enjoyment and fulfillment of human rights.
The Coordinating Committee is currently composed of Ms. Nina Hart, Dr. Belen Olmos Giupponi, Dr. Emanuela Orlando, and Dr. Cristina Popa Tache.
We are indebted to the previous members of the Coordinating Committee: Dr. Marta Requejo; Dr. Olga Martin-Ortega; Dr. Freya Baetens; Dr. Sorcha MacLeod; Dr. Damiano de Felice; Dennis West; Dr. Marta Bordignon; Dr. Mara Tignino; Prof Angelica Bonfanti; and Dr. Mihaela Barnes. We are also grateful to Hinano Arai for her assistance with maintaining the Interest Group’s website.
Membership of the Interest Group is open to all the members of ESIL interested in the relationship between business and human rights, from a theoretical or practical perspective. We highly encourage early career researchers and postgraduate research students to join us. We also welcome non-ESIL members to get in touch.
If you would like to join our Interest Group or to have more information, please contact any member of the Coordinating Committee directly or email esiligbhr@gmail.com.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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