Shows
In Conversation: An OUP PodcastRobert McCorquodale, "Business and Human Rights" (Oxford UP, 2024)Business and Human Rights Law is a rapidly growing area of law, which has dramatically transformed many parts of international law. In this new volume in the Elements series, Robert McCorquodale explores how the responsibility for human rights abuses has transitioned from a purely state obligation to also being the responsibility of businesses. Business responsibility for human rights impacts have become subject both to legislation and to court decisions whenever their activities lead to human rights abuses anywhere in the world.Business and Human Rights (Oxford UP, 2024) shows the importance of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and...2024-08-221h 20
New Books in Business, Management, and MarketingRobert McCorquodale, "Business and Human Rights" (Oxford UP, 2024)Business and Human Rights Law is a rapidly growing area of law, which has dramatically transformed many parts of international law. In this new volume in the Elements series, Robert McCorquodale explores how the responsibility for human rights abuses has transitioned from a purely state obligation to also being the responsibility of businesses. Business responsibility for human rights impacts have become subject both to legislation and to court decisions whenever their activities lead to human rights abuses anywhere in the world.Business and Human Rights (Oxford UP, 2024) shows the importance of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and...2024-08-221h 20
New Books in Human RightsRobert McCorquodale, "Business and Human Rights" (Oxford UP, 2024)Business and Human Rights Law is a rapidly growing area of law, which has dramatically transformed many parts of international law. In this new volume in the Elements series, Robert McCorquodale explores how the responsibility for human rights abuses has transitioned from a purely state obligation to also being the responsibility of businesses. Business responsibility for human rights impacts have become subject both to legislation and to court decisions whenever their activities lead to human rights abuses anywhere in the world.Business and Human Rights (Oxford UP, 2024) shows the importance of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and...2024-08-221h 20
New Books in FinanceRobert McCorquodale, "Business and Human Rights" (Oxford UP, 2024)Business and Human Rights Law is a rapidly growing area of law, which has dramatically transformed many parts of international law. In this new volume in the Elements series, Robert McCorquodale explores how the responsibility for human rights abuses has transitioned from a purely state obligation to also being the responsibility of businesses. Business responsibility for human rights impacts have become subject both to legislation and to court decisions whenever their activities lead to human rights abuses anywhere in the world.Business and Human Rights (Oxford UP, 2024) shows the importance of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and...2024-08-221h 20
New Books in EconomicsRobert McCorquodale, "Business and Human Rights" (Oxford UP, 2024)Business and Human Rights Law is a rapidly growing area of law, which has dramatically transformed many parts of international law. In this new volume in the Elements series, Robert McCorquodale explores how the responsibility for human rights abuses has transitioned from a purely state obligation to also being the responsibility of businesses. Business responsibility for human rights impacts have become subject both to legislation and to court decisions whenever their activities lead to human rights abuses anywhere in the world.Business and Human Rights (Oxford UP, 2024) shows the importance of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and...2024-08-221h 20
New Books in LawRobert McCorquodale, "Business and Human Rights" (Oxford UP, 2024)Business and Human Rights Law is a rapidly growing area of law, which has dramatically transformed many parts of international law. In this new volume in the Elements series, Robert McCorquodale explores how the responsibility for human rights abuses has transitioned from a purely state obligation to also being the responsibility of businesses. Business responsibility for human rights impacts have become subject both to legislation and to court decisions whenever their activities lead to human rights abuses anywhere in the world.Business and Human Rights (Oxford UP, 2024) shows the importance of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and...2024-08-221h 20
Justice MattersThe UN Business & Human Rights Forum: Twelve Years and CountingToday on Justice Matters we take a deep dive into the UN Business Human Rights Forum, which just wrapped up its 12th iteration at the end of 2023. Co-host Aminta Ossom attended the forum and interviewed working group member Robert McCorquodale to get some background on the inner workings of the Forum. Ossom also spoke with long-time attendee of the Forum, Corinne Lewis, a legal consultant who has worked on business and human rights with organizations of all types, to get her perspective on how the Forum has evolved over the years. Together, these two interviews paint a picture of t...2024-02-1551 min
Knowledge, EngagedClimate Change Responsibilities of Businesses and Human Rights Impacts w/Robert McCorquodaleRobert McCorquodale talks to Ben Sherwood about Human Rights Due Diligence and how addressing corporation's human rights responsibilities could be a valuable approach in the fight against climate change.Knowledge, Engaged is brought to you by The Institute of Policy and Engagement at the University of Nottingham, to bring together the ground-breaking research done at Nottingham and you, the listener. Join us as we explore the work the researchers are doing and how it makes a difference in the world around them.For more information about Robert's work and the Institute, please use the following...2021-10-2820 min
Public International Law Discussion Group (Part II)Corporations and Human Rights RegulationThis talk will consider the regulation of corporations for the human rights impacts of their activities. It will include the role of legislation, industry sectors and civil society, as well as courts, in regulation of the actions of corporations that abuse human rights. It will use the framework of developments in the area of responsible business conduct, especially of human rights due diligence.
Professor Robert McCorquodale is Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the University of Nottingham, barrister at Brick Court Chambers in London, and Founder and Principal of Inclusive Law, a consultancy on business and human rights...2019-02-1238 min
LCIL International Law Centre Podcast'Business and human rights: due diligence in law and practice' by Professor Robert McCorquodaleThe Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'Business and human rights: due diligence in law and practice', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday, 17 November by Professor Robert McCorquodale, Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law...2017-12-2037 min