Launch of the Business and Human Rights Practitioners’ Network in London
The Business and Human Rights Practitioners’ Network aims to connect professionals from all sectors in the business and human rights field, particularly early to mid-career practitioners. It acts as a forum for those with expertise in business and human rights to share their knowledge. It aims to promote cross-stakeholder debate on business and human rights in a neutral environment. Its mission is to update practitioners on current issues and positively contribute to problem-solving in the field of business and human rights.
The Business and Human Rights Practitioners’ Network is an initiative founded by practitioners from legal practice, government, academia and civil society. Its founders are: Katherine Tyler (Kingsley Napley LLP), Sarah Macrory (Foreign & Commonwealth Office), Patrick Geary (Children’s Rights & Business Specialist), Francis West (SHIFT), Lise Smit (British Institute of International and Comparative Law), Lise Johnson (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment), Tim Cooke-Hurle (Doughty Street Chambers), Rachel Chambers (SOAS/University of Connecticut), Lucy Graham (Amnesty International) and me (Dr Nadia Bernaz, Wageningen University).
In a few weeks the Network will be officially launched in London. Details below.
DATE
20 November 2018
TIME
17:30-18:00: Registration and refreshments
18:00-19.30: Panel discussion
19.30 onward: Drinks
VENUE
Kingsley Napley LLP, Knights Quarter, 14 St John’s Lane, London EC1M 4AJ
SPEAKERS
The Board of the Business and Human Rights Practitioners’ Network is pleased to announce that for the inaugural event, Rae Lindsay (Clifford Chance LLP) will chair a distinguished cross-stakeholder panel, including Anna Triponel (Triponel Consulting) Dr Irene Pietropaoli (BIICL) and Tim Cooke-Hurle (Doughty Street Chambers), who will discuss business and human rights in conflict and post-conflict societies.
The panel discussion will be followed by drinks and networking.
COST
There is no cost for attending but registration is required to attend and places are subject to availability.
REGISTRATION
Please click HERE to request a place. Places are subject to availability
My name is Nadia Bernaz and I am Associate Professor of Law and Governance at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
My main area of research is business and human rights. I look at how corporations and businesspeople can be held accountable for their human rights impact through international, domestic and transnational processes.