Addressing corporate interference in access to justice: perspectives from the ground
Start Date:
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 - 01:30
URL:
www.escr-net.org/sites/default/files/addressing-corporate-interference-in-access-to-justice_v2-1.pdf
Organizer:
Organized by members of the ESCR-Net Corporate Capture Project Advisory Group
Location:
Room XXVII Palais des Nations, Geneva
Contact:
How has judicial interference impacted effective access to remedy for victims in concrete cases of human rights violations involving corporations?
Where have civil society-led strategies begun to expose and overcome this phenomenon?
How can champions within the state and corporate spheres get involved in combating judicial interference?
SPEAKERS:
Fernanda Hopenhaym (Moderator) – PODER, Mexico
Maria Eugenia Trombini – Terra de Direitos, Brazil
Astrid Perry – Leigh Day – Sierra Leone/United Kingdom
Glacy Macabale – Defend Job – Philippines
Francisca Garcia – Comités de Cuenca Río Sonora (CCRS) – Mexico
Surya Deva – UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights Chair