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Human Rights and Circular Economy - Max Planck Law Giacomo Sebis analyses how international norms can address social risks during the transition to the Circular Economy.

On 11 March, the Initiatives ‘Corporate Responsibility | ESG’ & ‘Law, Climate Change, and the Environment’ host Giacomo Sebis on global frameworks, human rights, and the role of international economic law in a socially responsive transition. Register now: law.mpg.de/event/human-... #Event

Do Legal Theories Travel Freely? Anthropophagy and the Fiction of Interpretive Symmetry - Max Planck Law

Do legal ideas travel unchanged? This #perspective article challenges assumptions of interpretive symmetry, arguing that legal theories are transformed as they move across cultures. Read more: law.mpg.de/perspectives... @melaniemerlin.bsky.social

Call for Papers for the 2026 ESIL (@esil-sedi.bsky.social) Research Forum is here! Our topic this year will be "Normalizing Sustainability: Theoretical Perspectives on Stability and Change in International Law"

Abstracts are expected by 2 February 2026. More details: esil-sedi.eu/wp-content/u...

The deadline to submit abstract proposals for the #UArcticCongress 2026 has been extended to 15 January 2026!

The event website has also been updated with new information that will help you plan your participation, such as registration fees.

www.uarcticcongress.fo/news/extende...

Only Half Thrown Under the Bus

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/

Just A Friendly Suggestion?

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...

Lupaka Gold v. Peru (2025) at ICSID: Indigenous Self-Determination and State Responsibility in International Investment Law On June 30th 2025, an international arbitration tribunal at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) held that Peru had breached its obligations under the Canada – Peru F...

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

Demos von Extremisten in Nürnberg: Juraexperte sieht „rechtlichen Graubereich“ für Klage Nürnberg - Die Demo von Rechtsextremen an der Straße der Menschenrechte hat Wellen geschlagen: Der Nürnberger Oberbürgermeister verweist auf die Versammlungsfreiheit. Ob sich die Stadtspitze hinter Pa...

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...

Profile Picture of Markus Krajewski, speaker of the CHREN Colloquium on a Legally Binding Instrument to govern Business and Human Rights

Group Picture of the CHREN Colloquium with Prof. Markus Krajewski

Another Group Picture of the CHREN Colloquium, participants laughing

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 Peoples Demand Reform of Global Certification Systems - Right Energy Partnership with Indigenous Peoples Jakarta, Indonesia – Thirty two Indigenous leaders from thirteen countries have issued a declaration calling for fundamental reforms to global certification schemes that impact Indigenous Peoples’ rig...

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

Berichtspflichten entfallen | Bundesregierung Die Berichtspflicht über die Einhaltung der Sorgfaltspflichten in Lieferketten sollen entfallen. Das hat das Kabinett beschlossen.

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/:
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New #BizHumanRights newsletter!
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🔹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

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ILO commits to global standards on Gig work, experts see potential positive impact - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

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

The Norwegian NCP finds shortcomings in human rights due diligence by Aker BP - Ansvarlig Næringsliv The Norwegian National Contact Point (NCP) has concluded that Aker BP's due diligence in the merger with Lundin Energy Norway ...

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!

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#bizhumanrights

Part of a map of Germany showing universities with clusters of excellence

Text saying "Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg" and "Transformation der Menschenrechte"

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...

Exzellenzstrategie: Herausragend in der Menschenrechtsforschung Große Freude an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU): Das Forschungsprojekt „Transforming Human Rights“ wird Exzellenzcluster. Am späten Donnerstagnachmittag gaben die Deutsche…

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...

Your ‘ethical’ pension plan could be funding Israeli human rights abuses Investors who choose to put their money in ‘ethical’ or ‘socially responsible’ plans could be directly funding Israeli human rights abuses in Gaza and the West Bank. This is because major advisory fir...

"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...

gijn.org Essential Open Source Tools for Journalists Investigating Air Pollution

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