
Introducing the Freshwater Institute: A Hub for Civil Society Innovation in East Asia
At Rights CoLab we want activists to have the space and support they need to be resilient and…
At Rights CoLab we want activists to have the space and support they need to be resilient and…
By Deborah Doane, with contributions by Isabella Jean, Ignacio Saez and Dmitri Makarov Introduction The war in Ukraine has…
There is no doubt that the over-reliance on the global north for funding social change is the primary reason that…
When Russia’s invasion began on 24 February 2022, Ukrainians started organizing to help each other. Dozens of chat groups and…
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, civic actors around the world have been faced with diverse challenges, from shrinking…
Now more than ever, businesses have strong incentives to take seriously their responsibility to respect human rights. Human rights…
In this article, Jay Aronson and Enrique Piracés argue that the International Criminal Court needs to take advantage of…
I recently met up with an old friend and colleague who now works in AI. He casually said to me,…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in commercial, government, and corporate systems that provide services…
Technology has been extraordinarily effective in reducing distances between people and places, but it has created an increasing distance…
Over the past few years governments have started to step up with respect to their business and human rights obligations…
This article is co-published with Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Investors are increasingly recognizing the potential…
Despite all the interest in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing— as well as growing recognition…
In September 2018, the SIPA Business and Human Rights Clinic at Columbia University set out to…
July 16, 23 & 30 8:30 – 11:30 am EST/2:30 -5:30 pm CET REGISTER HERE An Institute for…
Business and human rights is not just about “doing well by doing good”, nor is it captured by the proposition…
“Why should the citizens of this world keep companies around whose sole purpose is the enrichment of a…
With the clock ticking for meaningful climate action, we have to pull every lever possible to stop…
Harnessing Big Data to Mobilize Investors on Human Rights: Looking Back, Looking Ahead at a Project to Strengthen SASB…
This article was originally published in the Business and Human Rights Journal (Cambridge University…
This article is co-published with Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Investors are increasingly recognizing the potential…
In September 2019, the SASB Standards Board approved the Human Capital Management Project as its first standards updating project…
A Rights CoLab Project This project engages with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) to develop and define…
Investors and civil society professionals need to talk. Investors have become better attuned to the risks of human rights harms…