Seminar: Human Rights Violations as a Business Risk [14.02 Amsterdam]
NJCM Seminar in memory of Daan Schoemaker Human Rights Violations as a Business Risk. From soft law to hard law * Date: Thursday 14 February 2013 * Time: 15.30 – 19.30h * Venue & route: De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V., Claude Debussylaan 80, Amsterdam Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten (NJCM, the Dutch section of the International Commission of Jurists) and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek cordially invite you to the seminar ‘Human Rights as a Business Risk – from soft law to hard law’ at the offices of De Brauw in Amsterdam. Humans rights violations as a business risk is currently a hot topic. It's no wonder a growing number of national and international businesses address human rights as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy. Where most CSR initiatives have started out as non-binding ‘soft law’ arrangements, such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the ever-growing voice from corporations to respe...