• In this series, activists, business executives, government officials, lawyers, and academics from around the world share topical and current stories of businesses impacting people in their everyday lives. Developed by the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB), this series elevates the range of voices – governments, businesses, and civil society – in the discussion on how to make human rights part of everyday business.
2017-12-08
IHRB's Salil Tripathi talks to international lawyer Claes Cronstedt about creating new mechanisms to resolve business and human rights disputes.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 10.61MB - Duration: 11:01 m (135 kbps 44100 Hz)
2017-11-17
IHRB's Neill Wilkins speaks with Julia Coburn of CDM about its Contratados initiative, a worker-facing workers' rights platform for low-wage Mexican migrant workers in the US.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 4.75MB - Duration: 5:11 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
2017-08-07
IHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Anneke Van Woudenberg of RAID about the African Commission's Landmark $2.5 Million Award to DR Congo Massacre Victims
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 12.35MB - Duration: 13:29 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
2017-05-19
IHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Gopinath Parakuni of Cividep about his work with shoe workers in Tamil Nadu, Southern India
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 6.03MB - Duration: 6:35 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
2017-03-22
IHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Andy Hall about his campaigns on behalf of migrant workers in Thailand.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 6.07MB - Duration: 6:38 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
2017-01-21
IHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Karamat Ali about a pivotal case in Pakistan, when a large fire at a garment factory killed more than two hundred workers.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 16.65MB - Duration: 36:22 m (64 kbps 11025 Hz)
2016-12-22
IHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Professor Surya Deva, of the City University of Hong Kong, on his recent appointment to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and the Working Group's current plans for improving access to remedy.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 14.57MB - Duration: 15:54 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
2016-11-30
IHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Meghna Abraham of Amnesty International on their new report "The Great Palm Oil Scandal: Labour Abuses behind big brand names" documenting the conditions in which workers work at oil palm plantations in Indonesia.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 5.75MB - Duration: 12:24 m (65 kbps 44100 Hz)
2016-11-30
IHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Seema Joshi of Amnesty International on their new report "The Great Palm Oil Scandal: Labour Abuses behind big brand names" documenting the conditions in which workers work at oil palm plantations in Indonesia.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 5.68MB - Duration: 11:58 m (66 kbps 44100 Hz)
2016-11-14
In London to launch the IBA's Practical Guide on Human Rights for Business Lawyers, John Sherman talks to IHRB about the purpose and significance of the guide, as well as the mainstreaming of human rights due diligence in the thinking of more companies.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 9MB - Duration: 9:49 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)