The Compounding Impacts of COVID-19 on Migrant Workers Across Asia (Pt 1)

COVID-19 and Migrant Workers

As part of our continuing focus on the links between COVID-19 and the business and human rights agenda, IHRB is exploring the impact of the pandemic on migrant workers across Asia and the roles and responsibilities of...

When It Comes to Racial Justice, the Business and Human Rights Community Can Do More

It has been almost two months since the tragic killing of George Floyd at the hands of four police officers in the United States. The public outcry has sparked an unprecedented wave of support for Black Lives Matter (BLM) from all facets of society,...

The Magnitsky Effect – Economic Consequences for Human Rights Abuse?

What do 25 Russians, 20 Saudis, 2 Burmese Generals and some North Korean institutions have in common?  They are the first names on the newly-issued list under the UKs Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020, the latest of several so-called...

20 July 2020 | Commentary

Commentary by John Morrison, Chief Executive, IHRB

Boohoo or Crocodile Tears? Worker Exploitation in a UK Apparel Factory

Online clothing retailer Boohoo is the latest company to find itself on the receiving end of press reports alleging modern slavery, exploitation and abuse of factory workers in supply chains. The UK based company is contending with how to respond to...

Black Lives Matter - A Moral Moment

Black Lives Matter 

IHRB is founded on a mission of equality and dignity for all. We seek always to be as inclusive as possible – in our research, outputs, convenings, and partnerships. But we recognise that we have not done enough to contribute to...

What Did You Do When Racial Discrimination Became the Defining Moment Across the World?

Black Lives Matter 

IHRB is founded on a mission of equality and dignity for all. We seek always to be as inclusive as possible – in our research, outputs, convenings, and partnerships. But we recognise that we have not done enough to contribute to...

What’s the Catch? Forced Labour and Trafficking in the Taiwanese Distant Water Fishing Industry

Seafood is one of the most traded food commodities in the world, with an estimated annual value of USD $153 billion. Around USD $42 billion of that is from tuna, a highly migratory species that traverse areas of our oceans beyond national...

That Blood on the Tracks was of People Abandoned to their Fate

They had names.

Dhansingh Gond. Nirvesh Singh Gond. Buddharaj Singh Gond. Achchelal Singh. Rabendra Singh Gond. Suresh Singh Kaul. Rajbohram Paras Singh. Dharmendra Singh Gond. Virendra Singh Chainsingh. Pradeep Singh Gond. Santosh Napit. Brijesh...

Remembering David Petrasek

Before there were UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, there was a 184-page report, called Beyond Voluntarism, published in 2002 by the International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP). That report said in clear language why we...

India’s Business & Human Rights National Action Plan

In December 2018, the Indian government initiated the process of developing a Business and Human Rights National Action Plan (NAP) by releasing a zero draft - with a commitment to publish the final NAP in 2020. The Indian Ministry of Corporate...

Interview with Bill Godnick - 3 Simple Questions on Business and Human Rights

I met Salil Tripathi in the mid-2000s when we were both working in Colombia with oil and mining companies and NGOs on security and human rights frameworks in conflict zones. I found he was a person not easily defined as a man from the Global South...

COVID, Housing, and Climate - A Call for a Systems Shift

 The seemingly simple words “stay at home” have exposed the economic and racial inequality that divides most cities, countries, and regions.

The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the centrality of the right to housing – fundamental to our ability to...