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Frances House

Frances House

Senior Advisor, Special Programmes, IHRB

Expertise 

Frances has over twenty-five years’ experience in the field of business and human rights and brings an important blend of strategic planning and practical programme delivery on the ground in a number of regions.

Current Work

Frances was involved in the establishment of IHRB in 2009, and worked until 2022 as Deputy Chief Executive, overseeing organisational strategy, operations and programme development, including IHRB's Migrant Worker and Built Environment programmes.  In her current role, Frances oversees IHRB's work on Oceans and Human Rights and Just Transition focus on renewable energy and impact on communities.  She leads IHRB’s teaching of Masters’ students through the global CEMS Business School Network. She has also been a founding Director of the Centre for Sport and Human Rights and long-standing Trustee of IHRB's sister organisation in Colombia, Centro Regional de Empresas y Emprendimientos Responsables.

Before IHRB

Frances was Policy Director at the International Business Leaders Forum, Vietnam Researcher with Human Rights Watch, and worked with the European Commission in Brussels and Vietnam on humanitarian programmes with asylum-seekers. A former trustee of Amnesty International UK, Care International UK and Streetkids International UK, she also sits on IKEA’s Stakeholder Advisory Board.

I’m keen to explore how business and human rights can grow from pockets of good corporate practice to serious scale across whole industries.

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Commentary: The Invisible Transport Workforce Keeping Supply Chains Moving

When we talk of front-line staff in the global coronavirus crisis, how often do we have in mind the docker, the seafarer, the long-distance freight trucker, the delivery driver – those transporting food, medical supplies, fuel and other essential...

31 March 2020

By Frances House, Senior Advisor, Special Programmes, IHRB

Commentary: A Sustainable Maritime Industry Needs to get Human Rights Onboard

Anti-corruption and climate change has been high on the shipping agenda. However, the human rights challenges for crew, in ship building, ship repair and not least ship-recycling are many and complex. The global maritime industry should build on...

27 February 2020

By Frances House, Senior Advisor, Special Programmes, IHRB, Emil Lindblad Kernell, Adviser, Human Rights and Business, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Therese Jebsen, Senior Advisor, Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, Cathrine Bloch Veiberg, Corporate Engagement Programme Manager, Danish Institute for Human Rights

Commentary: Linking Climate and Human Rights Throughout the Built Environment Lifecycle

Decisions about what we build, and how, define our future. And we are on a trajectory for explosive growth. Global building stocks are projected to double by 2060. By then, 70% of the world’s population will be city-based.

This comes at a time when...

14 February 2020

By Frances House, Senior Advisor, Special Programmes, IHRB

Many migrant workers struggle in low-paid and dangerous working conditions.

Commentary: The Dhaka Principles for Migration With Dignity

"Over 200 million migrants contribute to the global workforce. Many struggle in low-paid and dangerous working conditions, are under-protected by home and host governments, and exploited by business."

On this International Migrants’ Day, painful...

17 December 2012

By Frances House, Senior Advisor, Special Programmes, IHRB

Commentary: The Business of Migration - Migrant Worker Rights in a Time of Financial Crisis

The Institute for Human Rights and Business is embarking on a three-year process of addressing the role of the private sector in migrant worker protection. The increased risk of abuse of migrants’ rights within the current financial crisis, coupled...

06 October 2009

By Frances House, Senior Advisor, Special Programmes, IHRB

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