A multi-jurisdictional review - dispute resolution in Africa *

Africa - March 21 2013
Covering almost twelve thousand square miles and home to over a billion people, Africa accounts for over twenty percent of the earth's land mass and…

Co-authors: John Ogilvie.

Business and human rights – EC draft guidance for the oil & gas sector on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights *

European Union - January 25 2013
In June 2011 the UN Human Rights Council unanimously endorsed the UN Guiding Principles. This establishes a global reference point on the respective…

Co-authors: Adam Johnson, Louise Moore.

UN Human Rights Council endorses new Guiding Principles on Business and International Human Rights *

Global - July 6 2011
On 16 June 2011, the UN Human Rights Council (the "Council") endorsed the "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights" (the "Guiding Principles").

Co-authors: Dominic Roughton, Iain Maxwell, Andrew Cannon, Matthew Weiniger.

Business and human rights – the latest report from the UN Special Representative *

Global - April 29 2010
On 22 April 2010, the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Business and Human Rights, Professor John Ruggie, released his latest progress report: "Business and Human Rights: Further steps toward the operationalization of the "protect, respect and remedy" framework."

Co-authors: Emmanuelle Cabrol, Dominic Roughton, Anna Kirk, Matthew Weiniger.