Please find below some materials from our human rights conference on business and human rights. More to follow so please keep checking!
Keynote Speech: (recording to follow)
Robert Buckland QC MP, Solicitor General
Solicitor General speech on business and human rights
Plenary 1: Overview Business and Human Rights (Recording to follow)
Chair:
- Robert Khan, Head of Law Reform, The Law Society
Speakers:
- Peter Frankental, economic relations programme director, Amnesty International UK
- Nicole Bigby, partner, director of risk, Berwin Leighton Paisner
- Professor Sheldon Leader, barrister, director, Essex Business and Human Rights Project, University of Essex
- Gabbi Loedolff, senior creative buyer, Lush Cosmetics
Breakout session A:
A1: Treaty on business and human rights
Chair:
- Marjon Esfandiary, member, Law Society Human Rights Committee
Speakers:
- Chris Esdaile, solicitor, Leigh Day
- Margaret Wachenfeld, director of research and legal affairs, Institute for Human Rights and Business
- Courtenay Barklem, partner, McCue & Parnters, member, Law Society Human Rights Committee
A2: Are international remedies accessible?
Chair:
- Anthony Robinson, consultant solicitor, Scott-Moncrieff & Associates, member, Law Society Human Rights Committee
Speakers:
- Peter Frankental, economic relations programme director, Amnesty International UK
- Stephane Brabant, partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Paris LLP
- Professor Mary Footer, professor of international economic law, University of Nottingham Law School
- Gabriela Quijano, business and human rights legal adviser, global thematic issues, Amnesty International - International Secretariat
A3: Supply chains: Responsibility and Accountability
Chair:
- Andrew Denny, partner, Allen & Overy LLP
Speakers:
- Maya Foa, director, Reprieve’s death penalty team, founder, Stop the Lethal Injection Project
- Colleen Theron, director, Finance Against Trafficking, member, Law Society Human Rights Committee
- Louise Moore, partner, Hogan Lovells
Keynote (recording to follow)
Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss GBE, vice-chairman, Human Trafficking Foundation
Plenary 2: UK business and human rights (recording to follow)
Chair:
- Bob Heslett, chair, Business and Human Rights Advisory Group, The Law Society
Speakers:
- Dr Aidan McQuade, director, Anti-Slavery International
- Stephen Lowe, head, business & human rights & freedom of expression, Human Rights & Democracy Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Rae Lindsay, partner, Clifford Chance, member, Business and Human Rights Advisory Group
- Shanta Martin, partner, Leigh Day, member, Law Society Human Rights Committee
Breakout sessions B:
B1: Access to remedy post LASPO
Chair:
- Carol Storer, director, Legal Aid Practitioners Group
Speakers:
- Steve Hynes, director, Legal Action Group
- Roger Smith OBE, researcher, journalist and consultant
B2: Modern Slavery
Chair:
- Alastair Logan OBE, member, Law Society Human Rights Committee
Speakers:
- Dr Aidan McQuade, director, Anti-Slavery International
- David Hammond, founder of the “Human Rights at Sea” International Initiative, Barrister, 9 Bedford Row International
- Parosha Chandran, human rights barrister and modern slavery expert, 1 Pump Court Chambers, London
B3: Lawyers and the Responsibility to Respect
Chair:
- Professor Sara Chandler, member, Law Society Human Rights Committee
Speakers:
- Ruby Sandhu, lawyer, facilitator and mediator on CSR and Sustainability, RS Collaboration
- Daniel Carey, solicitor, Deighton Pierce Glynn
- Andrea Saldarriaga, co-Lead, Investment & Human Rights Project, London School of Economics and Political Science
Closing keynote (recording to follow)
Richard Howitt MEP, European Parliament Rapporteur on Corporate Social Responsibility
Closing remarks
Jonathan Smithers, vice president, The Law Society