Macquarie University's Business & Human Rights Access to Justice Lab Webinar: "The future of business and human rights under the Trump Administration"

 

Delighted to pass along information about this Webinar event very much worth attending. The magnificent Joanne Bauer, Marti Flacks, and Surya Deva always have quite important perspectives and much insight to impact. The event is scheduled for Wed, 12 Mar, 5pm - 6pm CDT.

This from the organizers:

 Do you want to know how the Trump administration is impacting (and/or might impact) the BHR landscape within the US and beyond?

📢 Look no further: join a webinar organized by B&HR Access to Justice Lab on 13 March 2025, 9-10am AEDT (it should be 12 March 2025, 6-7pm EDT). I will be moderating the discussion with two leading BHR experts - Joanne Bauerand Marti Flacks - with lot of insights on this theme.

Register here to receive a Zoom link: https://lnkd.in/e6UuZAaQ

The Event Description follows:

 

Event description

Join Macquarie University's Business & Human Rights Access to Justice Lab via zoom for an online webinar on 'The future of business and human rights under the Trump Administration'. The webinar will be moderated by Professor Surya Deva, Director, B&HR Access to Justice Lab, featuring panellists Ms Joanne Bauer, Co-Founder, Rights CoLab; and Ms Marti Flacks, BHR practitioner and former US Government official.

How are the business and human rights initiatives in the United States (US) likely to change under the new US Administration? Will the Trump Administration's stance towards business and human rights have impacts on legal and policy initiatives beyond US borders? Are US businesses and investors able to speak out for human rights, diversity, equity and inclusion, and climate change? To gain insights on some of these issues, join a moderated conversation with two leading experts.

Joanne Bauer is an Adjunct Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and Co-Founder of the Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum. In 2018, she Co-founded, Rights CoLab, which seeks to incubate outside-the-box solutions to closing civic space and pressing human rights challenges. At Rights CoLab, Joanne focuses on leveraging finance for corporate accountability, including better integrating human rights into investor backed sustainability standards. Current Rights CoLab projects include working to combat the ESG backlash in the US.

Marti Flacks served in the US Government for more than a decade at the White House, State Department, and most recently Commerce Department, working on a range of human rights, governance, and economic and national security issues. Outside government, she has served as Khosravi Chair in Principled Internationalism and Director of the Human Rights Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and as Deputy Director and Head of the North America Office of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.

 

 

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The B&HR Access to Justice Lab (A2J Lab) at the Macquarie Law School promotes corporate respect for human rights and access to justice for individuals and communities within Australia and Asia Pacific generally. We seek to bridge power imbalances between corporations and communities by conducting research, developing practical tools, building capacity and offering pro bono assistance to affected rightsholders to seek access to justice for corporate human rights abuses. Through its various activities, the A2J Lab contributes to building a more just and equitable society. The A2J Lab brings together leading business and human rights experts, practitioners, law students and external organisations. To develop effective remedial solutions to address corporate human rights abuses, we work with a diverse range of stakeholders, such as affected communities, businesses, civil society organisations, foundations, lawyers, trade unions, UN agencies and universities.