Business & Human Rights
BIICL has extensive expertise in the area of business and human rights, the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and legal developments around human rights due diligence.
Our Business and Human Rights team undertakes research and produces reports on for wide-ranging audiences, including business, legal practitioners, governments and civil society. Details of our reports and publications are below.
We also provide training, submit consultations in legislative processes around the globe, and host events on business and human rights-related topics. Our UNGPs in Legal Practice Roundtable Series is a membership initiative for legal practitioners working on these issues.
Human Rights Due Diligence Forum
ProjectsView All
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Human rights in global supply chains: Measuring the effectiveness of home state regulatory models on corporate behaviour
Irene Pietropaoli | 11th January 2024
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Reporting and Disclosure Obligations for Companies
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 17th August 2023
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Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics
Ivano Alogna | 3rd July 2023
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Identifying and comparing impacts of mHREDD legal models on internal corporate practice
Irene Pietropaoli | 20th June 2023
Business and Human Rights
NewsView All
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BIICL offers first executive education with world-renowned business school ESCP
18th July 2022
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Former BIICL Director joins UN working group on business and human rights
13th July 2022
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Historic new European Sustainability Due Diligence law follows pioneering BIICL study
23rd February 2022
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BIICL-led due diligence study basis for European legislative initiative
30th April 2020
Business and Human Rights
BlogsView All
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Drivers of Forced Labour Import Bans
Aleydis Nissen, Sofia Gonzalez De Aguinaga | 2nd July 2024
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AI Ethics and the Rule of Law: Business and Human Rights Considerations
Irene Pietropaoli | 19th May 2023
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The Cuban tourism sector: mitigating the risk of labour exploitation in a holiday paradise...
Rosana Garciandia, Jean-Pierre Gauci | 6th March 2023
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A model law with the key elements for an EU Regulation to prohibit the import and export of products made or transported with forced labour
Irene Pietropaoli | 10th November 2022
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PublicationsView All
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Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics: National Reports
27th March 2024
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Corporate Climate Litigation: Lessons Learned, Comparative Perspectives and Future Pathways
Ivano Alogna | 5th June 2023
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Human rights responsibilities of multinational enterprises and States in the Cuban tourism sector
Rosana Garciandia, Jean-Pierre Gauci, Irene Pietropaoli, Lise Smit | 13th April 2022
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Human Rights Due Diligence and Systemic Inequalities: Conference Report
17th March 2022
Business and Human Rights
Upcoming EventsView All
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Roundtable: Human Rights in International Investment Law - Recent Developments
Event Date: 30th September 2024
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2024 HRDD Forum Annual Conference: Human Rights Due Diligence and the Future of Corporate Human Rights and Climate Change Litigation
Event Date: 9th October 2024
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Short Course: Climate Change Litigation
Event Date: 10th October 2024
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Report Launch: Impacts of Human Rights Due Diligence Laws on Internal Corporate Practice
Event Date: 15th October 2024
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