UIA Summer Course - ACADEMY OF HIGH LEGAL EDUCATION: Business and Human Rights for Legal Practitioners
05-16.07.2021
Blog discussing the ABA Model Contract Clauses: https://shiftproject.org/aba-contract-clauses/
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MODULE 1 - The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Background, Current Situation and Challenges A
- 05/07/2021 - 16:00 - 18:30
Presentation
The UN Global Compact three pillars:
Pillar I: State duty to protect
Pillar II: Business responsibility to respect
Pillar III: Access to remedy
Core concepts, e.g. human rights due diligence, leverage, value chain, Protect, Respect and Remedy - under which all business enterprises have a responsibility to respect human rights and to address any negative impact
- From Responsibility to Accountability: How Business and Human Rights is a Movement for Corporate Accountability
- Moving from Soft to Hard Law in CSR and Business and Human Rights: Human Rights Due Diligence
- Lawyers’ Role and Responsibilities in Connection with the UNGPs
- Access to Remedies for Business-Related Human Rights Abuses: Private International Law Issues
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