Synopsis
In this series, activists, business executives, government officials, lawyers, and academics from around the world share topical and current stories of businesses impacting people in their everyday lives. Developed by the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB), this series elevates the range of voices governments, businesses, and civil society in the discussion on how to make human rights part of everyday business.
Episodes
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Anneke Van Woudenberg
07/08/2017 Duration: 13minIHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Anneke Van Woudenberg of RAID about the African Commission's Landmark $2.5 Million Award to DR Congo Massacre Victims
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Gopinath Parakuni
19/05/2017 Duration: 06minIHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Gopinath Parakuni of Cividep about his work with shoe workers in Tamil Nadu, Southern India
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Karamat Ali
21/01/2017 Duration: 36minIHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Karamat Ali about a pivotal case in Pakistan, when a large fire at a garment factory killed more than two hundred workers.
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Voices: Surya Deva
22/12/2016 Duration: 15minIHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Professor Surya Deva, of the City University of Hong Kong, on his recent appointment to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and the Working Group's current plans for improving access to remedy.
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Voices: Meghna Abraham
30/11/2016 Duration: 12minIHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Meghna Abraham of Amnesty International on their new report "The Great Palm Oil Scandal: Labour Abuses behind big brand names" documenting the conditions in which workers work at oil palm plantations in Indonesia.
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Voices: Seema Joshi
30/11/2016 Duration: 11minIHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Seema Joshi of Amnesty International on their new report "The Great Palm Oil Scandal: Labour Abuses behind big brand names" documenting the conditions in which workers work at oil palm plantations in Indonesia.
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Voices: John Sherman
14/11/2016 Duration: 09minIn London to launch the IBA's Practical Guide on Human Rights for Business Lawyers, John Sherman talks to IHRB about the purpose and significance of the guide, as well as the mainstreaming of human rights due diligence in the thinking of more companies.
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Voices: Mercia Silva
04/11/2016 Duration: 05minIHRB's Neill Wilkins talks to InPacto's Executive Secretary Mercia Silva about Brazil's "Dirty List" to to highlight exploitation in company supply chains.
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Voices: Arnold Kwesiga
13/09/2016 Duration: 12minThe Coordinator of the Uganda Consortium on Corporate Accountability (UCCA) talks with IHRB's Salil Tripathi about their baseline study on the state of business, human rights and corporate accountability in Uganda's extractive sector and beyond.
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Voices: Parmesh Shahani
12/07/2016 Duration: 08minIn this IHRB podcast, Parmesh Shaman of Godrej Industries (a large Indian business group) talks about the importance of equality in the workplace, why Godrej has been a leader in supporting the LGBT movement in India and what other companies can learn.
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Voices: Chris Bennett
16/06/2016 Duration: 12minIn a wide-ranging conversation about the applicability of multistakeholder initiatives on business and human rights in post-conflict societies, Bennett spoke to IHRB's Salil Tripathi about the Bosnian situation.
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Voices: Rizwana Hasan
16/06/2016 Duration: 19minIn a conversation with IHRB's Salil Tripathi, Hasan talks of the gap between declared intentions of international standards and the reality on the ground in many countries, where governments are unwilling or unable to implement laws that protect rights.
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Voices: Nityanand Jayaraman
16/06/2016 Duration: 15minIn a conversation with IHRB's Salil Tripathi, Jayaraman talks about the struggle for justice from mercury contamination near a former thrermometer factory in Kodaikanal, India, as well as the long campaign for justice following the Bhopal gas disaster.
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Voices: Prof. John Ruggie
16/06/2016 Duration: 14minProf. Ruggie reflects on the experimentation and practice over the last 5 years to elaborate the application of the UN Guiding Principles as extremely positive, but highlights the need for further breadth and depth moving forward.
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Voices: Kathryn Dovey
06/06/2016 Duration: 08minIn a conversation with IHRB's Salil Tripathi, the OECD's Kathryn Dovey discussed the reach of OECD National Contact Points (NCP), the potential NCPs represent, and how they could provide a way to ensure that companies act responsibly.
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Voices Michael Sandel
23/05/2016 Duration: 06minRecently in Cambridge, MA, IHRB's Salil Tripathi talked to Dr Sandel about business and human rights. To what extent does morality guide markets? Is it enough for business to comply with existing laws, or should it strive to do more?
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Voices: Richard Boele
10/05/2016 Duration: 11minFor more than two decades, Boele has advised companies dealing in natural resources, retail, and property on human rights and social impacts. Recently he spoke to IHRB's Salil Tripathi about the changing landscape of business and human rights.
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Voices: Tony Henshaw & Vidya Tikoo
01/04/2016 Duration: 09minIn Mumbai in February, Henshaw and Tikoo spoke to IHRB's Salil Tripathi about the rationale behind embedding human rights within the sustainability framework, the path the company has chosen, the need to align the framework with the UN Guiding Principles
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Voices: Brynn O'Brien
11/01/2016 Duration: 08minAustralia has a long history of accepting refugees and asylum seekers. But in recent years Australian governments have tightened laws, including producing videos sternly warning potential asylum seekers not to attempt to reach Australia.