Business & Human Rights Law: Multi-Jurisdictional Corporate Accountability
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The Jindal Society of International Law and the Centre for Study of United Nations at Jindal Global Law School, are delighted to present and hold the Fall Lecture Series of 2021, titled, 'Exploring the Ecosystem of International Law'. The lecture on 'Developments in Business & Human Rights Law for Multi-Jurisdictional Corporate Accountability' is the fifth lecture in this twenty-three part lecture series, which is being held from August to November 2021.
Our Fall Lecture Series of 2021, 'Exploring the Ecosystem of International Law', builds upon the introduction given on internationalism and international law by the concluded Spring Lecture Series, titled ‘Future of Internationalism and International Law’. The Fall Series endeavours to study the different contours of international law. To assist in this study, the speakers will cover and address their respective areas of expertise, based upon their years of research and practice. Given the vast ecosystem and the engagement of international law in it, the Society aims to study the fragmentation and fertilisation of the various disciplines in this ecosystem.
The lowest common denominator in this Fall Lecture Series is to enhance and provide a deeper understanding of international law through international lawyers. The Society, for its Members, is a well of knowledge and a quorum of thought provoking discussions, which will be resultant of this engagement with experts aimed at exploring the ecosystem of international law.
The fifth lecture of our Fall 2021 Lecture Series, 'Exploring the Ecosystem of International Law', is on the topic'Developments in Business & Human Rights Law for Multi-Jurisdictional Corporate Accountability'. The distinguished speaker for this lecture is Mr. Douglass Cassel.
Douglass Cassel is Counsel on Business and Human Rights to the global law firm of King & Spalding, and Emeritus Professor and Notre Dame Presidential Scholar Emeritus at Notre Dame Law School. During an academic career of three decades prior to joining King & Spalding, he taught, published, and practiced in the field of international human rights law, including business and human rights. He is a member of the Business and Human Rights Advisory Board of the American Bar Association's Center for Human Rights and serves on the Editorial Board of the ABA Key Business and Human Rights Documents Project. Among his many publications in the field are 'State Jurisdiction Over Transnational Business Activity Affecting Human Rights' in RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS (Elgar Pub. 2020) and 'Outlining the Case for a Common Law Duty of Care of Business to Exercise Human Rights Due Diligence' in BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNAL (2016). He has both sued and defended transnational corporations accused of human rights abuses.
Cassel was elected four times by the Organization of American States to serve on the board of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas, of which he was President. He is a former President of the Due Process of Law Foundation, a former member of the executive council of the American Society of International Law, and a current member of the executive council of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights. He served as Legal Adviser to the UN Truth Commission for El Salvador, and as a negotiator of the transitional justice provisions of the 2016 Colombia peace accords, for which he was awarded Colombia's highest honor given to foreign citizens. Cassel is a graduate of Yale College and of Harvard Law School.
Organiser Jindal Society of International Law
Organiser of Business & Human Rights Law: Multi-Jurisdictional Corporate Accountability
Our Fall Lecture Series of 2021, 'Exploring the Ecosystem of International Law', builds upon the introduction given on internationalism and international law by the concluded Spring Lecture Series, titled‘Future of Internationalism and International Law’. The Fall Series endeavours to study the different contours of international law. To assist in this study, the speakers will cover and address their respective areas of expertise, based upon their years of research and practice. Given the vast ecosystem and the engagement of international law in it, the Society aims to study the fragmentation and fertilisation of the various disciplines in this ecosystem.
The lowest common denominator in this Fall Lecture Series is to enhance and provide a deeper understanding of international law through international lawyers. The Society, for its Members, is a well of knowledge and a quorum of thought provoking discussions, which will be resultant of this engagement with experts aimed at exploring the ecosystem of international law.
