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This section contains opinion pieces from the business and human rights movement, written by both our global team and many authors outside of our organisation. These have been curated and published by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.
2025: A year of new challenges and opportunities for the movement
As we look ahead to the year in business and human rights, we see three key issues that we all need to be alert to, and three huge opportunities for 2025, says Executive Director Phil Bloomer.
Business and human rights experts share their reflections on the treaty process for the last 10 years and the key points to address as it moves forward.
On 24 February Russia invaded Ukraine prompting widespread global economic sanctions. Businesses operating in Russia have been under pressure to review their presence and undertake heightened due diligence - but one year on more than 1,000 companies are still present and there is little evidence of effective action.
Experts from civil society, governments and business discuss what Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence could mean for advancing human rights in business.
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17 Dec 2018Dr Irene Pietropaoli, Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and Phil Bloomer, Executive Director, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
11 Dec 2018Maysa Zorob, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
The Zero Draft offers a critical opportunity to move beyond a voluntary framework and establish an international framework for legal liability for companies who fail to live up to their human rights responsibilities.
29 Nov 2018Amy Sinclair, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and Justine Nolan, Associate Professor & Associate Dean (Academic) Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney
13 Nov 2018Gabriela Kletzel & Andrés López Cabello, Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS) & Daniel Cerqueira, Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) - members of ESCR-Net
Most of the Optional Protocol text regulates the establishment and functions of the National Implementation Mechanism. However, this mechanism does not provide an effective venue for monitoring and redressing corporate abuses.
