Michael H. Posner visited Miami Law last week to deliver a powerful address about the growing importance of the connection between business and human rights at the 4th annual Louis Henkin Lecture on Human Rights.

During the lecture, titled “Examining Human Rights and Global Business—A New Frontier,” Posner emphasized how over the last two decades companies have grown exponentially, forcing private companies to adjust to a much larger role in the human rights arena than they have ever played previously...