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• Complementing Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: Using Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives to Define Human Rights Standards
  Posted in publication on 24 March 2021

  This commentary written by Dorothée Baumann-Pauly and Lilach Trabelsi focuses on Article 30 of the UNGPs, which refers to the role of industry, multi-stakeholder, and other collaborative initiatives that are based on respect for human rights-related standards in addressing human rights matters.

• Re-Launch of PRME Working Group on Business and Human Rights
  Posted in event on 19 March 2021

  Professor Dorothée Baumann-Pauly and Professor Michael Posner (NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights) are the new co-chairs of the PRME Working Group on Business and Human Rights. They invite all interested individuals to join the working group!

• Engaging the Tech Industry for Building Peace and Human Security
  Posted in event on 17 March 2021

  The objective of this roundtable discussion is to gather ideas, suggestions, and guidance on how we can support, structure, and facilitate positive engagements between the tech sector and local civil societies. The focus will be particularly on those in fragile, crisis, and conflict-affected environments.

• Launch of the GCBHR Cobalt Knowledge Hub
  Posted in news on 2 March 2021

  This hub compiles recent academic and non-academic reports and papers relevant to the artisanal mining of cobalt and the battery supply chain. The search function helps filter by name, date, publishing organization and keywords. If you think we missed a publication that should be included in this hub, please let us know and we’ll add it immediately!
  We hope that this regularly updated list of publications (with links and short descriptions) will serve those conducting research on extractives, batteries, and cobalt.

• UniGE Spring Semester Opening Lecture: The Challenge of Human Rights in Business
  Posted in event on 23 February 2021

  In this talk, Professor Dorothée Baumann-Pauly argues that the current crisis offers a unique opportunity to innovate and develop sustainable business models.