Description: | Participated in a three-day working conference entitled “Implementing the UN’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: A South-Initiated North-South Dialogue” at the Watson Institute, Brown University. The conference brought together leading academic and practitioner voices from around the globe working in the area of business and human rights, including John Ruggie, former Special Representative to the Secretary General on Business and Human Rights, who drafted the Guiding Principles. |
Project/Activity Leader(s): | Tara Melish, Associate Professor and Director, Buffalo Human Rights Center |
Unit: | Law School |
Department: | Law School |
City: | Providence |
State: | RI |
Country: | United States |
External Funding: | Yes |
Funding Source: | Watson Institute, Brown University; Ford Foundation |
Start Date: | 2014-02 |
End Date: | active |
External Partners: | Watson Institute, Brown University; DeJusticia (Colombia) |
Are UB students involved? | No |