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2024 Module 3: Business and Human Rights
Live session 20 July 2024
10:00-16:15
This module will touch on the SDGs and the standard of human rights within the business sector. At the heart of the prosperity chapters is the need to promote inclusivity and improve the wellbeing of people. The day-to-day operations of industrial businesses have a notable impact on the overall wellbeing of citizens and their living conditions, while also affecting environmental sustainability and infrastructure. Therefore, there is an emerging need for responsible environmental, social, and corporate governance, in line with SDG 9. Using global and national cases, Module 3 will showcase the intersection between business and human rights in the realisation of reliable, inclusive, sustainable and resilient infrastructure.
What we'll cover in this session?
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Lectures from world-leading legal and business experts
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Case studies discussion to cultivate a deeper understanding of BHR
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Certification upon completion of Programme/Module
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Take home resources available to all participants for years after completion of the module.
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Hybrid in-person/online which enhances interactivity and participation
Meet the instructors
Gilbert Onyango
Gilbert Onyango graduated in 1999 with an LL.B Degree from Dr. BAM University, Aurangabad, India and was admitted to the Kenyan Bar in 2002. He is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Commissioner for Oaths and Notary Public. In 2008, Mr. Onyango graduated from the United States International University, Africa (USIU-A) with a Master’s of Science (M.Sc.) Degree in Management and Organisational Development. In 2012, Mr. Onyango graduated with a Masters of Arts (M.A.) Degree in Development Studies with major in Human Rights, Development and Social Justice from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
In May, 2010, he founded The East African Centre for Human Rights (EACHRights) where he served as Regional Director from December, 2010 to May, 2015. Mr. Onyango later joined UPR Info in June, 2015 as Regional Director for Africa a position he held until December, 2020 before rejoining The East African Centre for Human Rights (EACHRights) in June, 2022. He also worked as the Registrar (Part Time) of the Legal Education Appeals Tribunal between 2013 and 2023. Mr. Onyango is the Chair of the Board of Directors of ICS-SP Africa; Chair of the Board of Directors of ZD Cosmetics Industries; Board Member at the Edmund Rice Centre, Nairobi (ERCN); and Member of the Board of Trustees at The East African Centre for Human Rights (EACHRights). Mr. Onyango is a seasoned human rights and development consultant
In May, 2010, he founded The East African Centre for Human Rights (EACHRights) where he served as Regional Director from December, 2010 to May, 2015. Mr. Onyango later joined UPR Info in June, 2015 as Regional Director for Africa a position he held until December, 2020 before rejoining The East African Centre for Human Rights (EACHRights) in June, 2022. He also worked as the Registrar (Part Time) of the Legal Education Appeals Tribunal between 2013 and 2023. Mr. Onyango is the Chair of the Board of Directors of ICS-SP Africa; Chair of the Board of Directors of ZD Cosmetics Industries; Board Member at the Edmund Rice Centre, Nairobi (ERCN); and Member of the Board of Trustees at The East African Centre for Human Rights (EACHRights). Mr. Onyango is a seasoned human rights and development consultant
Patrick Jones - Course author
Meet the instructorS
Michelle Staggs Kelsall
Dr Michelle Staggs Kelsall (B(Med)LLB (Hons), LLM (Distinction), PhD) is a Senior Lecturer and Co-Director for the Centre for Human Rights Law at SOAS University of London. She has several years' experience working on Business and Human Rights Initiatives in Southeast Asia, including as part of the team acting as Professor John Ruggie's outreach partner for the UNGP Reporting Framework Initiative. Since coming to SOAS, in addition to her broader profile as an International Law scholar, Michelle has continued to undertake research in the field and has published widely on the history and practice of Business and Human Rights (OUP, German Yearbook of International Law, Business and Human Rights Journal (forthcoming 2025)). Her forthcoming book with Oxford University Press on the emergence of the field (Capitalising Human Rights) is due out in 2025.
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