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27 Oct 2009

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Osgoode Hall Law School, York Univ. [Canada]

Osgoode Hall Law School convenes Expert Consultation in Support of Corporate Law Tools Project of UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights

York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School is convening next month’s Expert Consultation on Corporate Law and Human Rights: Opportunities and Challenges of Using Corporate Law to Encourage Corporations to Respect Human Rights. The expert consultation, which is being held November 5 and 6, 2009 at Osgoode Professional Development Centre, will bring together corporate lawyers, civil society, academics, government regulators and industry representatives in support of the Corporate Law Tools Project of Harvard University Professor John Ruggie, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights (SRSG).