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4 May 2010

Comments on UN Special Representative John Ruggie’s 2010 report to UN Human Rights Council

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Annette Hughes, Rachel Nicolson and Catie Shavin, Allens Arthur Robinson law firm...: "The report outlines its findings on each pillar of the ["Protect, Respect, Remedy"] framework made by the Special Representative's work to date."... Stéphane Brabant, Herbert Smith law firm...: "International 'transactional'/project lawyers (and especially energy lawyers) can no longer afford to take the risk - and indeed this has been the case for some time - of advising investors only on the law applicable to the project (and its financing) without also advising on relevant 'soft law' principles such as human rights."

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John Ruggie report to 14th session of UN Human Rights Council: "Business and Human Rights: Further steps toward the operationalization of the 'protect, respect and remedy' framework"

Institute for Human Rights and Business blog: John Ruggie on "Putting the 'Protect, Respect, Remedy' framework into practice"