Commentaries > 2009
Prof. Larry Catá Becker (Penn State Univ., USA): On Challenges to Operationalizing a Transnational Framework for Business and Human Rights--the View From Geneva, 13 Oct 2009
Intl. Network on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net): [PDF] Advocacy Guide on Business and Human Rights in the United Nations - Part I: The Mandate of the Special Representative, Oct 2009
Justice Ian Binnie, Supreme Court of Canada: Legal Redress for Corporate Participation in International Human Rights Abuses: A Progress Report, in The Brief (American Bar Association journal), Summer 2009
Scott Jerbi, Senior Adviser with Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative: [PDF] Business and Human Rights at the UN: What Might Happen Next?, in Human Rights Quarterly, 3 Jun 2009
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: A Milestone for Business and Human Rights, 2 Jun 2009
[PDF] The Corporate Responsibility to Respect: A Human Rights Milestone - Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 02 Jun 2009
Kathryn Dovey, Director of Global Business Initiative on Human Rights & consultant to Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative: [PDF] Putting Gender on the Business and Human Rights Agenda, Jun 2009
Intl. Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for Promotion & Protection of Human Rights (ICC): [DOC] Statement by ICC to Human Rights Council on report of the Special Representative on business & human rights, Jun 2009
UN Global Compact: [PDF] The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights - Briefing on the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights, Jun 2009
World Resources Institute: Darwin's lessons for the extractive industry, 27 May 2009
Oxford Analytica: [PDF] Crisis raises business, rights focus, 14 May 2009
Business for Social Responsibility: [PDF] Leading Perspectives [scroll to p. 10], Spring 2009
Andrew Willis, EUobserver: EU must ensure business respects human rights, says UN, 16 Apr 2009
Dutch business groups (Commission on Multinational Enterprises of Confed. of Netherlands Industry & Employers - VNO-NCW; Intl. Chamber of Commerce-Netherlands): Comments on 2008 Ruggie report to UN Human Rights Council [PDF], 9 Apr 2009
Jan Wouters & Nicolas Hachez, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies [Belgium]: [PDF] Business & human rights in EU external relations: Making the EU a leader at home and internationally, prepared for European Parliament Directorate-General for External Policies, Apr 2009
Intl. Seminar on Business & Human Rights: [PDF] Global Challenges of our Time, Summary report, Mar 2009 [report on seminar held Dec 2008]
Christopher Avery, Director, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre: [PDF] Presentation to the United Kingdom Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights, 25 Feb 2009