Voices - Conversations On Business And Human Rights From Around The World

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  • Duration: 17:10:28
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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

  • Anneke Van Woudenberg

    07/08/2017 Duration: 13min

    IHRB'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

  • Gopinath Parakuni

    19/05/2017 Duration: 06min

    IHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Gopinath Parakuni of Cividep about his work with shoe workers in Tamil Nadu, Southern India

  • Andy Hall

    22/03/2017 Duration: 06min

    IHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Andy Hall about his campaigns on behalf of migrant workers in Thailand.

  • Karamat Ali

    21/01/2017 Duration: 36min

    IHRB'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.

  • Voices: Surya Deva

    22/12/2016 Duration: 15min

    IHRB'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.

  • Voices: Meghna Abraham

    30/11/2016 Duration: 12min

    IHRB'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.

  • Voices: Seema Joshi

    30/11/2016 Duration: 11min

    IHRB'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.

  • Voices: John Sherman

    14/11/2016 Duration: 09min

    In 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.

  • Voices: Mercia Silva

    04/11/2016 Duration: 05min

    IHRB's Neill Wilkins talks to InPacto's Executive Secretary Mercia Silva about Brazil's "Dirty List" to to highlight exploitation in company supply chains.

  • Voices: Arnold Kwesiga

    13/09/2016 Duration: 12min

    The 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.

  • Voices: Parmesh Shahani

    12/07/2016 Duration: 08min

    In 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.

  • Voices: Chris Bennett

    16/06/2016 Duration: 12min

    In 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.

  • Voices: Rizwana Hasan

    16/06/2016 Duration: 19min

    In 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.

  • Voices: Nityanand Jayaraman

    16/06/2016 Duration: 15min

    In 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.

  • Voices: Prof. John Ruggie

    16/06/2016 Duration: 14min

    Prof. 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.

  • Voices: Kathryn Dovey

    06/06/2016 Duration: 08min

    In 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.

  • Voices Michael Sandel

    23/05/2016 Duration: 06min

    Recently 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?

  • Voices: Richard Boele

    10/05/2016 Duration: 11min

    For 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.

  • Voices: Tony Henshaw & Vidya Tikoo

    01/04/2016 Duration: 09min

    In 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

  • Voices: Brynn O'Brien

    11/01/2016 Duration: 08min

    Australia 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.

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