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Lydia Kim
Research Fellow in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights
Biography Lydia Kim joined BIICL as a Research Fellow in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights in August 2024. She supports the implementation of BIICL's work in areas of immigration detention, human trafficking, modern slavery, forced labour, labour exploitation and labour rights. Prior to joining BIICL, Lydia worked as the Judicial Assistant to Lord Briggs at the UK Supreme Court. She is a qualified solicitor, having trained and practised at an international law firm in London. Lydia has…
Human Rights and IHL+2Céline Hocquet
Research Fellow in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights
Biography Dr. Céline Hocquet is a Research Fellow in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights at BIICL. Céline holds a PhD in law (Birmingham), a Master's in European Public Comparative Law (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), a BA in Applied Languages (Strasbourg), and an LLB (Lille). Her main research interests include international and EU Human Rights law, migration, and refugee law/policy. Her PhD focused on EU externalisation policies following the 2015 'refugee crisis', particularly the use of…
Human Rights and IHL+1Georgia Greville
Researcher in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights
Biography Georgia Greville joined BIICL as a researcher in labour exploitation and human rights in January 2022. Her main research interests are international labour law, business and human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in international relations and peace and conflict studies) from the University of Queensland and a Master of Public and International Law (Hons) from the University…
Human Rights and IHL+2Jean-Pierre Gauci
Arthur Watts Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law and Director of Teaching and Training
Biography Dr. Jean-Pierre Gauci is Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law and Director of Teaching and Training at BIICL. Recruited in 2014 as a research coordinator for the British Influences on International Law Project, his role was extended to that of research fellow in August 2015 and associate senior research fellow in 2017. Jean-Pierre holds a PhD in Law from King's College London; a Doctor of Laws and Magister Juris in International Law from the University of Malta. Beyond…
Climate Change+7Rosana Garciandia
Research Leader in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights
Biography Dr Rosana Garciandia is Research Leader in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights at BIICL. She conducts research on the international law response to human rights challenges, including labour exploitation and all contemporary forms of slavery. Her focus is on the responsibility of States and businesses, and on the potential of existing human rights mechanisms to protect victims from abuses. Rosana is also a Lecturer in Public International Law at King's College London and Associate…
Human Rights and IHL+3Sara Al Khashlok
Researcher in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights
Biography Sara Al Khashlok, a researcher in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights, joined BIICL in 2024. She holds an MSc in International Migration and Public Policy from the London School of Economics (LSE) and an LLB from King's College London. Her past research has focused on examining the efficacy of legal frameworks in protecting the rights of marginalized communities, particularly in conflict zones. Her master's thesis explored the failure of Iraq's anti-discrimination laws and policies…
Human Rights and IHL+2Workers' Rights at the ICJ: The Upcoming Advisory Opinion on the Right to Strike
28th October 2024
Whether the right to strike is protected under international labour law has been a point of contention among the tripartite constituents of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for many years. The issue reached a fever pitch at the 101st session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in June 2012, when a group of employers' representatives interrupted usual proceedings within the Committee on the Application of Standards with a dramatic challenge to the right to strike. Not…
Human Rights and IHL+1Resilience and Rights: Navigating Post-Pandemic Recovery for Vulnerable Groups
Event Date: 26th October 2024
EVENTS Resilience and Rights: Navigating Post-Pandemic Recovery for Vulnerable Groups Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Supported by: Event Details COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented global health and economic crisis, profoundly impacting every aspect of life. It led to significant economic disruptions,…
Arbitration+7Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law (Hybrid)
Event Date: 20th September 2024
TRAINING Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This course offers a unique overview of International Migration and Refugee Law, linking theory and practice to allow participants to gain a meaningful understanding of the…
Human Rights and IHL+3Inter-state communications before UN treaty bodies: time for their wider use?
3rd July 2024
Image Credit: Palais Wilson, OHCHR Geneva headquarters Developments at the international level over the past 5 years have re-ignited the relevance of a mechanism that had remained dormant for decades: inter-state communications before UN treaty bodies. Under-utilised and, consequently, under-studied, inter-state communications allow States to bring cases against other States for violations of their human rights obligations. The possibility is available, inter alia, under the International…
Human Rights and IHL+2Drivers of Forced Labour Import Bans
2nd July 2024
Earlier this year, the European Parliament approved a new regulation which will enable the EU to prohibit the sale, import and export of goods made using forced labour. This is part of a recent move from voluntary to mandatory measures to address forced labour in global supply chains. While the US has banned the importation of goods made with forced labour since 1930, section 307 of the US Tariff Act was rarely applied until 2016. More recently, in 2022, the US put in place the Uygur…
Business and Human Rights+2Landmark protections for migrant workers in Australia
1st July 2024
Today marks the coming into force of the final component in a series of Australian legislative reforms geared towards improving protections for migrant workers. These reforms, which encompass changes to both domestic labour law and migration law, aim to tackle migrant worker exploitation by providing protection to vulnerable non-citizens pursuing claims for violations of labour rights and enforcing their workplace rights and entitlements, as well as ensuring that employers do not misuse…
Labour Rights+1Landmark protections for migrant workers in Australia
1st July 2024
Today marks the coming into force of the final component in a series of Australian legislative reforms geared towards improving protections for migrant workers. These reforms, which encompass changes to both domestic labour law and migration law, aim to tackle migrant worker exploitation by providing protection to vulnerable non-citizens pursuing claims for violations of labour rights and enforcing their workplace rights and entitlements, as well as ensuring that employers do not misuse…
Labour Rights+1Combatting Forced Labor in Cuban Medical Missions
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 5th March 2024
Around 400,000 Cuban healthcare professionals are estimated to have been sent abroad to provide medical assistance during short-term health crises, natural disasters, and more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic (Granma, 2020), as part of the Cuban government's Foreign Medical Missions (CFMM) programme. Since its inception in 1962, the programme, which has been described as "a global exercise in soft power", has placed medical professionals in over 164 countries across Latin America and the…
Human Rights and IHL+1New Report examines Modern Slavery Referrals in the UK
7th February 2024
Report examines the identification of adults with lived experience of modern slavery in the UK Today BIICL publishes the report of its project Identification of adults with lived experience of modern slavery in the UK which examines the formal procedure for identifying adults with lived experience of modern slavery in the United Kingdom. The research focuses on three main areas: 1) identification related training provided to First Responder Organisations, 2) qualitative and…
Labour Rights+2Identification of adults with lived experience of modern slavery in the UK
7th February 2024
This report outlines the findings of a project that examined the formal procedure for identifying adults with lived experience of modern slavery in the United Kingdom The report focuses on three main areas: 1) identification related training provided to First Responder Organisations; 2) qualitative and quantitative data related to the National Referral Mechanism and 3) qualitative and quantitative data related to the Duty to Notify. In particular, the project undertook a first-of-its…
Labour Rights+1Attracting Global Skills and Talents to EU’s cities and regions
2nd February 2024
European Union (EU) member States have diverse qualifications and education systems, which are a primary competence of member States. Understanding those systems and the factors that contribute to the effective recognition of qualifications of migrants is an important first step to identifying strategies to more effectively connect the needs of European economies and the set of skills that migrant workers have to offer. EU institutions acknowledge the potential of these systems to attract…
European Law+2Human rights in global supply chains: Measuring the effectiveness of home state regulatory models on corporate behaviour
Irene Pietropaoli | 11th January 2024
This project is funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)'s Arts and Humanity Research Council (AHRC) in collaboration with the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of its UK-German research partnership investment. Since the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in 2011, various national legislative developments are being aimed at turning the voluntary UNGPs into binding legal obligations for corporate human rights impacts within global supply…
Business and Human Rights+2Short Course: International Labour Law
Last Updated: 2nd November 2023
Short Course: International Labour Law Share LinksCourse Outline Labour Law is a constantly evolving field of law and one which has a direct impact on governments, businesses, civil society organisations and workers. It influences the way in which governments design and enforce their labour laws and policies. It also establishes standards which are relevant for businesses, and it provides workers and workers' associations with mechanisms for protection. This course is designed…
Labour RightsShort Course: International Labour Law
Event Date: 24th October 2023
TRAINING Short Course: International Labour Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline International Labour Law is a constantly evolving field of law and one which has a direct impact on governments, businesses, civil society organisations and workers. It influences the way in which…
Business and Human Rights+3New BIICL study examines ways to recognise qualifications across EU
8th September 2023
BIICL has been commissioned by the European Committee of the Regions to undertake a research study entitled Attracting Global Skills and Talents to EU's cities and regions. The study will explore current practices across the European Union to facilitate the recognition of qualifications and skills of third-country nationals. The European Union's strategic approach to legal migration has, as one of its key elements, the facilitation of the recognition of qualifications and skills of third-country…
European Law+2Attracting Global Skills and Talents to EU's cities and regions
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 7th September 2023
The European Union's strategic approach to legal migration has, as one of its key elements, the facilitation of the recognition of qualifications and skills of third-country nationals. One of the challenges in such facilitation comes from the fact that EU member States have diverse qualifications and education systems, which are a primary competence of the Member States. BIICL has been commissioned by the European Committee of the Regions to undertake a research study aimed…
European Law+2Reporting and Disclosure Obligations for Companies
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 17th August 2023
Legislation in the European Union and many other jurisdictions is increasingly targeting corporate entities and creating new reporting and disclosure obligations in relation to the environmental, social and human rights impacts of companies' activities. In partnership with MadeBy, BIICL is undertaking a project to map the reporting and disclosure obligations for companies arising from sixteen instruments identified as key developments in the environmental and social sustainability…
Business and Human Rights+2The Cuban tourism sector: mitigating the risk of labour exploitation in a holiday paradise...
6th March 2023
Have you ever been to Cuba and enjoyed the hospitality and warmth of its people? If you have, you may have stayed in a European hotel branch in Havana or enjoyed the pleasures of the island in a foreign cruise, now that the presence of multinational corporations is part of the Cuban economic landscape. What you may be less aware of is the risk of labour exploitation associated with the tourism and hospitality sector in the island. Some of the waiters or kitchen personnel in those hotels, or…
Business and Human Rights+2HRDD Forum: Forced Labour Import Ban Developments
Event Date: 31st January 2023
EVENTS HRDD Forum: Forced Labour Import Ban Developments Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details In September 2022, the EU Commission proposed a regulation to ban from the EU market products that were produced with forced labour. US customs authorities had already been implementing import…
Business and Human Rights+2Impacts of a lack of legal advice on adults with lived experience of modern slavery
23rd January 2023
New research led by BIICL found that the system providing legal advice to modern slavery survivors is inadmissible, disengaging, piecemeal, and significantly under-resourced. This has a profound impact on survivors and in areas much wider than previously understood, with much of legal advice provided by providers narrowly focused on trafficking, whereas survivors also need support in other areas, from the recognition as victims, immigration or criminal proceedings, to less talked about…
Labour Rights+2Short Course: International Labour Law
Event Date: 14th November 2022
EVENTS Short Course: International Labour Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details International Labour Law is a constantly evolving field of law and one which has a direct impact on governments, businesses, civil society organisations and workers. It influences the way in which governments…
Business and Human Rights+3A model law with the key elements for an EU Regulation to prohibit the import and export of products made or transported with forced labour
10th November 2022
This research was commissioned by Anti-Slavery International, the European Center for Constitutional Human Rights (ECCHR) and the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament. The legal analysis and drafting were conducted by Dr Irene Pietropaoli, Lise Smit, and Dr Julinda Beqiraj, of BIICL. The legal analysis and drafting were co-funded by the Greens/EFA Group and Freedom Fund. In September 2022, the European Commission published a Proposal for a Regulation on prohibiting products made with…
Business and Human Rights+2Human rights responsibilities of multinational enterprises and States in the Cuban tourism sector
13th April 2022
The tourism and hospitality sector has been key to the development of the Cuban economy for decades. It is one of the essential economic pillars in the Cuban system, and one where foreign multinational corporations operate in partnership with State-owned companies to provide their services. As in many other geographical contexts, the Cuban tourism and hospitality sector has been associated with risks of labour exploitation, discrimination, and other human rights concerns. This report…
Business and Human Rights+3Platform for Organising by Workers for Empowerment and Recognition (GLP-POWER)
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 1st March 2022
BIICL is delighted to be joining forces with Solidar Suisse and Pragya in a project which aims to assess and promote new and innovative modes of organising for marginalized informal/precarious workers in South and Southeast Asia. GLP-Power seeks to enhance workers' agency and effective bargaining, increase the visibility of workers' causes, and support regional solidarity and inclusion while overcoming the impediments and restricted democratic space in their environments.…
Human Rights and IHL+2Human Rights Responsibilities of Multi-National Enterprises Working in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector in Cuba
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 15th June 2021
Companies, including foreign companies, operating in the tourism and hospitality sector in Cuba have the responsibility to respect the human rights of workers. This includes the duty to set up policies and due diligence processes to assess the risk of labour exploitation in their supply chains, to identify exploitation cases, and to take steps to ensure access to remedy for those workers whose rights may have been abused. States where those companies are domiciled also have obligations…
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