Short Course: Business and Human Rights 

Course Details

Business and human rights is an area of international human rights law in continuous development at the international and national levels. On successful completion of BIICL's Business and Human Rights course participants will:

• Understand the human rights and environmental impacts resulting from business activities
• Be aware of the core concepts and principles established by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and other standards such as the newly updated OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
• Understand corporate human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) requirements and developments at the international, regional, and national levels - including new mandatory HREDD laws and proposals at the EU level
• Understand the context of business and human rights as a field of work
• During the course participants will consider recent examples of business and human rights issues, including case law
• Participants will also consider the intersection on business and human rights with other developing issues such as Artificial Intelligence and climate change.
  

 
Course topics and tutors

• The Business and Human Rights Framework
  Dr Irene Pietropaoli, Senior Fellow in Business and Human Rights, BIICL and Dr Jasmine Elliott, Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights, BIICL
• EU CSDDD
  Dr Jasmine Elliott, Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights, BIICL
• National HREDD Laws
  Dr Irene Pietropaoli, Senior Fellow in Business and Human Rights, BIICL
• Modern Slavery and Forced Labour
  Dr Jasmine Elliott, Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights, BIICL and Dr Sofia Gonzalez De Aguinaga, Research Leader in Business, ESG & Modern Slavery, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, BIICL
• Case Law
  Dr Irene Pietropaoli, Senior Fellow in Business and Human Rights, BIICL and Melanie Jacques, Partner, Leigh Day
• Climate Change Litigation
  Dr Jasmine Elliott, Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights, BIICL and Dr Ivano Alogna, Senior Research Fellow in Climate Change Law, BIICL
• HREDD in Conflict Affected and High-Risk Areas
  Dr Irene Pietropaoli, Senior Fellow in Business and Human Rights, BIICL and Vicky Bowman, Honorary Senior Fellow, BIICL
• Progressions of HRDD in Practice
  Dr Irene Pietropaoli, Senior Fellow in Business and Human Rights, BIICL, Dr Jasmine Elliot, Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights, BIICL and Daniel Schönfelder, Responsible Contracting Project (RCP)

Course leaders

Dr Irene Pietropaoli, Senior Fellow in Business and Human Rights and Director of the Business and Human Rights Forum (BIICL), and Dr Jasmine Elliott, Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights (BIICL).

Pricing and Registration

The course fee is £825 per person.

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Discounts

20% discount available for:

• individual and organisational members of BIICL
• groups of 3 or more attendees from NGO organisations or staff of government
• groups of 5 or more attendees from commercial organisations

For group bookings, please contact us.

Who is the course for?

The course is for a wide range of professionals interested in business and human rights, including in-house counsel, legal practitioners, NGO representatives, government representatives, academics, PhD students and other professionals.

Course format

The virtual course format will consist of a series of 8 sessions in which live (synchronous) teaching is offered via Zoom. Participants will be able to interact with the tutors and amongst themselves on screen.

What past participants say

"Fantastic course! High-level content was delivered in a clear, interesting and engaging way. Fascinating discussions occurred in every session and helpful resources shared throughout."
"Fabulous course, excellently structured and presented, with plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion."
"Very relevant - new developments referred to throughout whole course."

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