"Expanding horizons: Notes from the 4th Business and Human Rights Young Researchers Summit - Saint Gallen, Switzerland" April 11-12, 2019

[T]he 4th Business and Human Rights Young Researchers Summit [...] brought together a talented group of 14 researchers from all over the world working on a diverse set of issues that form part of the spectrum of the business and human rights field of studies...

What starkly emerged from the discussions was the interdisciplinarity and range that encompasses research on this area...

While the topics were diverse, they were held together by deeper inquiry into key questions for BHR researchers, such as the value of having binding rules or voluntary initiatives, how to adequately involve stakeholders in these discussions and the need for BHR research to move beyond the realm of law to other strategies that can be applied within the business community.

[S]ome general conclusions...:

a. There is a constant expansion of the BHR studies into new areas, especially internet governance, reproductive health, transitional justice, accountability and gender approaches to BHR...

b. The question of ensuring access to justice, whether through collective or individual redress, continues to puzzle both academics and practitioners...

c. Socially responsible investment [...] poses questions regarding the positive and negative impacts of these activities...