Business and Human Rights Network: external speaker talks

This series is intended to benefit students on the LLM Business and Human Rights (LW51128) and Corporate Sustainability and ESG Law (LW52146) Modules. However, the events are open to all graduate and undergraduate students and staff across the University of Dundee School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy (CEPMLP) and School of Business.

Session 1

Part 1: Chinese State-Owned Companies and Investment in Latin America and Europe

Part 2: The Conundrums of Current Iterations of ESG in Market Economies-Utah et al v. Walsh: Challenging the Biden Administration's Rulemaking Incorporating of Certain ESG Factors in Pension Investment Decisions

Speaker

Prof. Larry Cata Backer
Penn State University, School of Law and School of International Affairs

Slide presentation: ‘ESG Wars’

Session 2 

Scotland Against Modern Slavery - the role of business

Speaker

Mr. Shan Saba
Director, Brightwork Staffline Ltd., Founder, Scotland Against Modern Slavery

Location: LT1 Dalhousie
Date: Friday 3 March
Time: 11:00

Session 3

African Experience on Business and Human Rights

Speaker

Prof. Damilola S. Olawuyi
Professor and UNESCO Chair on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Qatar; Member of UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

Location: Old Medical School, Room 2.03
Date: Thursday 9 March
Time: 11:00

Session 4 

Risky Business: Some TWAIL Reflections on the Sources of Information for Risk Analysis Under the German Supply Chain Law - Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz (LkSG)

Speaker
Caroline Omari Lichuma
PhD Candidate Georg-August Universität, Göttingen; Postdoctoral Research and Development Specialist, University of Luxembourg

Location: 4.01 Scrymgeour
Date: Postponed
Time: Postponed

Session 5 

Business and Human Rights: Ghana’s Approach to an Evolving Agenda

Speaker

Ms. Diana Asonaba Dapaah
Deputy Attorney General, Government of Ghana; Doctoral Candidate, University of Cape Town

Location: 4.01 Scrymgeour
Date: Thursday 23 March
Time: 17:00

Session 6 

Contracting for Human Rights – Experiences from the Responsible Contracting Project and Emerging Practices

Speaker

Mr. Daniel Schonfelder
European Legal Adviser, Deutsche Bahn; Responsible Contracting Project, Rutgers University

Location: 4.01 Scrymgeour
Date: Monday 27 March
Time: 16:00