This is really a good analysis of the #Omnibus changes of the #CSDDD on @verfassungsblog.de: While many aspects are a set-back, the core of the obligations for covered companies remain. And Member States need to set up a supervisory authority. verfassungsblog.de/omnibus-lksg/

Important development in human rights law analysed on @voelkerrechtsblog.org. I slightly disagree on the question of "not binding", only "authoritative", but strongly recommend this post on the first case agaist Germany under the Optional Prototocol of the CESCR voelkerrechtsblog.org/just-a-frien...

FAU CHREN is taking a short winter break ❄️ Looking back on a year of research, exchange, and shared milestones. Thank you everyone & see you in 2026! A full recap of 2025: www.humanrights.fau.eu/2025/12/19/f... @fau.de @dfg.de @humboldt-foundation.de @nurembergacademy.bsky.social

💼 Call for Applications: Up to 5 Postdoc Positions for Cluster of Excellence „Transforming Human Rights“ ↗️Apply now: www.humanrights.fau.eu/2025/11/17/s... @fau.de @dfg.de #exc #fau #humanrights #HumanRightsFAU

🎙️Check out our new Human Rights Tracks Podcast episode No. 7 with Dr. Octávio Ferraz, Professor at King's College London and Co-Director of the Transnational Law Institute. In this episode Dr. Ferraz talks about "The Transformative Power of Social Rights" www.humanrights.fau.eu/2025/10/22/h...

Worth reading www.ejiltalk.org/lupaka-gold-...

Vielen Dank für das interessante Gespräch in den Nürnberger Nachrichten Ulrike Löw, zu Demonstrationen in der Straße der Menschenrechte und der Rolle von Stadt und Zivilgesellschaft bei der Bewahrung des Rechtsstaats und der Menschenrechte www.nn.de/nuernberg/de...

Thanks @krajewskimarkus.bsky.social for kicking off the CHREN Human Rights Colloquium with a great discussion on developing a Legally Binding Instrument on BHR—addressing who promotes it, why companies have human rights responsibilities even though they have no souls, and the public-private divide.

Indigenous leaders from the Global Convening on Certification Schemes and associated Auditing Systems impacting Indigenous Peoples’ Rights held last 10-12 March 2025 have released a press statement and declaration on the outcomes of the convening. rightenergypartnership.org/indigenous-p...

From minerals to palm oil, carbon credits to aquaculture—Indigenous peoples’ experiences with certification often reduce rights to a tick-box exercise.” @robiehalip.bsky.social UN-RBHR Beyond the Seal Session #BizHumanRights #IndigenousPeoples #FPIC #JustEnergyTransition

Really happy to report that @itfglobalunion.bsky.social has entered into a legally-binding agreement with fashion retail giant #ASOS to protect transport workers’ rights in the company's supply chains. This is meaningful stakeholder engagement in action. #BizHumanRights #HRDD

#BizHumanRights: This new book, "Contested Consultation in the Extractive Industries", addresses theorical and practical challenges to consultation around the world. I co-wrote a chapter on consultation in the case law of the IACtHR. Book is open-access, here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

🌍⚖️ Join us 29 Sept 2025 (15:00–16:30 CET) for Climate Justice at the ICJ: Human Rights Implications of the Advisory Opinion. Leading experts discuss its global impact. Online, registration required 👉 gnhre.org?p=18413 #ClimateJustice #HumanRights #ICJ #GNHRE

Please note: The "reform" of the German Supply Chain Law adopted by the Government today did not change human rights and environmental due diligence obligations of German companies. Just the reporting to the agency was deleted and causes for fines were limited. www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktu...

Here is the call for abstracts: www.rph1.rw.fau.de/files/2025/0...

📣 Call for Papers: Legal Advisory Opinions Shaping Climate Action and Human Rights Topics: climate change & human rights, right to a healthy environment, future generations, rights of nature, accountability & reparations 🌏 🚨 Deadline: 15 September 2025 Learn more: www.asser.nl/nnhrr/news/c...

Whether international law can help repair past harms is one of field's most difficult questions-doctrinally, technically, normatively. Answers may determine how you feel about IL as a whole. Over next month, @ajil.bsky.social will explore these Qs in print+online1/: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New #BizHumanRights newsletter! 📩 shorturl.at/cwthO 🔹EU Council's Omnibus position 🔹Putting defenders at the centre of Macron's visit to Vietnam 🔹Just Transition submissions to UN Special Rapporteurs 🔹Gwynne Skinner Award to Justica Nos Trilhos Sign up for the next issue ⬇️ shorturl.at/grX04

This week in #BizHumanRights… ILO commits to world's first binding standards for gig workers www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...

The Norwegian National Contact Point has concluded that #Aker BP's due diligence in the merger with #LundinEnergy Norway did not meet the #humanrightsduediligence expectations in the #OECDGuidelines. #bizhumanrights www.responsiblebusiness.no/news/the-nor...

Explore the Business and Human Rights Journal's latest special issue on Just Transition in the Energy and Extractive Industries, containing several #openaccess articles! 📚 cup.org/3SRZ816 #bizhumanrights

I am very happy that our proposal for research on Transforming Human Rights @fau.de was selected by the @dfg.de and @wissenschaftsrat.de for funding through the #ExcellenceStrategy. Thank you to all colleagues who helped. @humanrights-fau.bsky.social www.dfg.de/de/service/p...

FAU-Projekt „Transforming Human Rights” wird Exzellenzcluster 🏅 Heute hat die DFG und der Wissenschaftsrat die künftig geförderten Exzellenzcluster bekanntgegeben. Und die FAU darf jubeln: Das Projekt „Transforming Human Rights“ ist dabei! 🤩 #FAUproud (1/3) www.fau.de/2025/05/news...

This week in #BizHumanRights… 🗞️ 🔵 USA: OECD complaint alleges abuse in Ahold Delhaize milk supply chain 🔵 Socapalm accused of expanding palm oil plantations without community consent in Cameroon Read & subscribe: www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/u...

"By producing datasets that ignore the UN and OECD guidelines on #bizhumanrights, as well as #internationallaw, [major #dataproviders] also betray their own claims of contributing to better #investment decisions." @rstazinski.bsky.social www.ftm.eu/articles/pen...

Despite its global impact, tracking air pollution is challenging. Governments may under-report data, corporations often hide emissions, and polluters exploit regulatory loopholes. Here is IJNet's list of open source data tools that journalists can use: https://twp.ai/9PSWaj

🌍 Watch on demand now Sam Varvastian of Cardiff Uni share his insights from his book 'Human Rights Approaches to Planetary #Crises' & Sara Seck of Dalhousie Uni on corporate accountability and environmental #governance. 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H3O... #justice #law #environment #humanrights #CSR

The Lessons from the Aarhus Convention and Escazú Agreement for Procedural Environmental Rights in Canada' blogging series continues! Next is 'Supporting Procedural Environmental Human Rights in Canada: a role for the National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines?' read here: gnhre.org?p=18334

Interesting #BHR event klaxon. 🚨 Join the brilliant @michaelposner.bsky.social for a conversation on the role of #business in a world shaped by #climate change, #tech disruption, and global instability. #BizHumanRights Mon 19 May. Registration: share-eu1.hsforms.com/1T1Uwoly2SYS...

@ihrb.bsky.social's @saliltripathi.bsky.social speaks w/ Kenneth Roth—former ED of @hrw.org. Ken and Salil explore the progress made in #corporateresponsibility and #accountability over recent decades, and discuss what this could mean for the future of #bizhumanrights. www.ihrb.org/latest/are-w...

Opaque supply chains are just one of the barriers to corporate accountability faced by agricultural workers seeking justice for labour rights abuse. @JorgeAdere on transparency in coffee supply chains at last week's UN Regional Forum on #BizHumanRights in São Paulo 🎙️

A trove of documents and communications provided to @washingtonpost.com reveals how a Turkish company covertly funneled #weapons to the Sudanese army. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Swiss citizens will vote on proposal (initiative) with due diligence obligations for businesses #bizhumanrights https://www.publiceye.ch/en/media/press-release/swiss_quality_must_include_the_protection_of_human_rights_and_the_environment/

Interesting event klaxon - Forced Labour in ICT.🚨 #KnowTheChain assesses how the largest tech & communications companies are addressing forced labour in their supply chains. ➡️10 Apr 2025, 8am UK/ 9am Brussels. @business-humanrights.org #BizHumanRights www.business-humanrights.org/en/events/kn...

Want to know about how the #Omnibus proposal would impact the #CSRDDD and rights-holders around the globe in a nutshell? Listen to the newest @fau.de Human Rights Track podcast with @carollichuma.bsky.social 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/4WXI...

📢 Kind reminder / Amable recordatorio 📅 April 15, deadline to share inputs about EIAS and human rights 📅 15 de abril: último día para enviar aportaciones sobre EIAs y derechos humanos Info: buff.ly/HqSOa8r

Happy to see this study on complementarity of UN treaty on human rights (LBI) and the #EUCSDDD is out. Thanks to co-authors @otgontuya.bsky.social, Kinda Mohamadieh and Stephanie Regalia and to @cidse.bsky.social for facilitating the study. @misereor.bsky.social www.cidse.org/2025/03/20/c...

1/ This @coe.int European Committee of #socialrights decision will be of interest to those working on the role of the #privatesector in the delivery of #humanrights. The Committee was clear that #private sector involvement in relation to #EuropeanSocialCharter rights-related services...

Interested in corporate accountability and climate justice? Apply to @fau.de @ecchr.bsky.social and @tilburg-university.bsky.social #SummerSchool in Nuremberg this fall 👇 www.humanrights.fau.de/2025/02/26/i...

"The Constitution alone cannot save U.S. democracy. (...) When fear, exhaustion, or resignation crowds out citizens’ commitment to democracy, emergent authoritarianism begins to take root" @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Interested in a PhD in business and human rights/corporate sustainability responsibility? Consider joining us this fall for the second cohort of our doctoral program. @fau.de @fauphil.bsky.social @fauwiso.bsky.social www.business-humanrights.fau.eu/call-for-app...

There IS money for climate reparations 💸 While wealthy countries make (minute) commitments for climate finance in Global South countries, this isn't climate justice. They owe Global South countries a big debt. Luckily, there are ways to #ReclaimTheWealth: www.somo.nl/reclaiming-w...

"Dismantling sustainability?" The proposed Omnibus on EU sustainability laws - the latest 'inside view' from Brussels. Hear the 'Frankly Speaking' responsible business podcast just released at Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/0hqX... or Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/6... #CSRD #CSDDD

More than 100 #BHR professionals and academics are calling upon the @ec.europa.eu not to reopen the legislative package including key EU legal instruments through the so-called "Omnibus Proposal" of @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu media.business-humanrights.org/media/docume...

📣Register now - panel discussion on Milieudefensie v Shell 13 February 17:00-18:30 📣 Join @tmcasser.bsky.social and @seven-uva.bsky.social for a discussion on the lessons of this important case in #climatelitigation against corporations. Register here: www.asser.nl/education-ev... #bizhumanrights

What a great way to start your week: Physical copies of our book on #OECD and corporate responsibilities arrived. For everyone else: Digital copy is #OpenAccess @otgontuya.bsky.social @springer1842.bsky.social

Gendered Peace through International Law - by Louise Arimatsu & Christine Chinkin (available in open access). repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcont...

⚖️Courts are applying new due diligence standards yet interpreting them differently. To provide clarity, @leoncastjan.bsky.social has recently curated an @ajil.bsky.social symposium with @tibisay-morgandi.bsky.social and @lawprofpuig.bsky.social to examine these measures. Read more

Of the 20 top tax contributors in 2023, five were banks. Raiffeisen alone provided twice as many tax revenues to the warmongering Russian regime as the second-biggest contributor. Banks can't keep this up in 2025. It's time to take action and #LeaveRussia.