Seminar on Business and Human Rights on Nov. 7, 2016 @ Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA.

Deadline: on or before Nov. 06, 2016.

For your kind reference, short details of the program are as follows:

Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA has organised a Seminar on ‘Business and Human Rights’ on November 07, 2016 by Mr. Kevin Smith. The timings are 12:30pm – 02:00pm.

OVERVIEW

“Human rights law” has long been the responsibility of states. However, we only need to look at the headlines, from Bhopal to Rana Plaza, to see how businesses can and do have an impact on human rights through their activities. What are the obligations of businesses in relation to human rights? Where are these set out, and how can they be enforced? How can businesses make amends when they are shown to, or believe they may have, negatively impacted the human rights of their stakeholders?

These questions are the subject of considerable ongoing debate, and they raise critical issues for lawyers, both as advisors to businesses and in the context of managing their own firms. Doing “the right thing” need not carry a financial cost, though: rather, for lawyers and businesspeople alike, a knowledge of this subject area can be a valuable commercial asset: there is a compelling “business case” for business and human rights.

This lecture is aimed at any students interested in commercial law, human rights, or the intersection and relationship between the two.

LECTURE OUTLINE

The Seminar will consist of three parts:

1. a brief history and background to the “Three Pillar Framework” and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
2. a discussion of the Three Pillars and the Guiding Principles, including a focus on current trends in the area and the obligation to provide remedy and a discussion of relevant case studies; and
3. an argument for the “business case” for Business and Human Rights, and an explanation of why every commercial lawyer ought to know about this.

ABOUT THE RESOURCE PERSON

Mr. Kevin Smith recently left Clifford Chance LLP’s litigation group, after four years practising in London. Alongside a general commercial litigation practice, Kevin specialised in Public International Law, and advised a range of multinational companies on Business and Human Rights issues. He has presented internationally on this subject, including leading training on behalf of the charity Advocates for International Development in India and Kenya in 2016.

In 2017, Mr. Kevin will join Farris, Vaughn, Wills & Murphy LLP in his hometown of Vancouver, Canada, where his practice will include constitutional and public law matters, including in the areas of human rights, aboriginal, and environmental law.

Mr. Kevin completed his undergraduate degree at Princeton University, and his law degree at Oxford.

REGISTRATION

Pl. register yourself by writing email to research@symlaw.edu.in and cc to devdatta.mukherjee@symlaw.edu.in on or before November 06, 2016.

VENUE

Moot Court Hall,
Third Floor,
Symbiosis Law School,
NOIDA

CONTACT PERSONS

Dr. Meenakshi Kaul,
Assistant Professor & Head – Academic Initiatives,
Research and Publication Cell

Ms. Devdatta Mukherjee,
Assistant Professor &
Head – International Cell

Ms. Sukanya Singha,
Assistant Professor,
Symbiosis Law School,
NOIDA

 

TOPICS: Seminar, Symbiosis Law School NOIDA, Business and Human Rights, “Human rights law”

 

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