Voices - Conversations on Business and Human Rights from Around the World

In this podcast with IHRB's Salil Tripathi, Al-Khawaja shows the inadequacy of non-judicial remedies to deal with incidents that cause grave harm to human rights, and the failure of companies to do anything about the adverse impacts of their technologies.

IHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with academic Doug Cassel about efforts underway to draft and negotiate a binding treaty on business and human rights.

The law exists to investigate and prosecute companies when their activities cause grave harm to human rights, but the issue gets complicated when multiple jurisdictions are involved, and where political will is lacking.

In this podcast, Richard Meeran, who has represented clients who have grievances against corporate conduct, talks to IHRB's Salil Tripathi about the challenges and offers ways in which the process can be simplified.

IHRB's Salil Tripathi talks to international lawyer Claes Cronstedt about creating new mechanisms to resolve business and human rights disputes.

IHRB's Salil Tripathi talks to Norwegian NCP Frode Elgesem about strengthening dispute settlement mechanisms between companies and rights-holders.

IHRB's Salil Tripathi talks to Indian human rights scholar Usha Ramanathan about issues around remedy in relation to big data.

IHRB's Salil Tripathi talks to environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey about addressing injustices in interactions with communities.

IHRB's Salil Tripathi talks to Charles Radcliffe of the UN Human Rights Office in New York about eradicating discrimination against women and LGBTI rights.

IHRB's Salil Tripathi talks to Ajda Cevc of Inter Ikea Group about ensuring responsible recruitment throughout IKEA's supply chain.