Academic Business and Human Rights Workshop (RMIT City Campus Melbourne 26-27 August 2025) Information and CfP

I am delighted to pass along this CfP for the Academic Business and Human Rights Workshop to be held at RMIT City Campus Melbourne 26-27 August 2025. Information follows:

The inaugural UN Business and Human Rights Regional Forum: Australia and New Zealand (the Forum) will bring together a broad range of stakeholders to strengthen business practices and connect on how businesses manage value chains across our region.

Attendees from government, business, investment, the education sector and civil society will gather to discuss key trends and developments in the business and human rights landscape in our region and globally.

The UN Global Compact Network Australia is proud to be a co-organiser of the UN Business and Human Rights Regional Forum – Australia and New Zealand in collaboration with the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, RMIT University’s Business and Human Rights Centre, Macquarie University B&HR Access to Justice Lab and UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute.

RMIT Business and Human Rights Centre (BHRIGHT) is playing host – but it is a team effort to pull this off! We are co-organising the Forum in collaboration with the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, UN Global Compact Network Australia, Macquarie University’s B&HR Access to Justice Lab and the Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney. The Forum’s website – where further details will be added in the coming weeks and months is: https://unbhrforumanz.org/ You can also sign up there to receive updates.