Italian Universities’ Approach to Human Rights in International Agreements: From Commitment to Implementation (8/9)
Over the last few years, in the context of widespread mobilisations in Italy in solidarity with the Palestinian people, student organisations and broader civil society have repeatedly urged Italian universities...
The Lidho Judgment: Where Does Implementation Stand?
On 5 September 2023, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights delivered its first-ever environmental ruling. In Ligue Ivorienne des droits de l’homme (LIDHO) and others v. Republic of...
Reassessing Corporate Due Diligence Standards in Dual-Use Technology Supply Chains
Amnesty International’s recent report “Shadows of Control” documents how companies from Germany, the UAE, Canada, China, the US, and France have supplied surveillance and censorship technologies to Pakistan: technologies now...
Human Rights Gaze into AI and Human Genetics and Genomics: Guiding the Legal and Policy Frameworks
Advancements in human genetics and genomics have been continually impacting basic human rights and fundamental freedoms, including privacy, confidentiality, non-discrimination, and human dignity. The increased application of artificial intelligence (AI)...
AI Training, Data Centers, and the Right to a Healthy Environment: The Case of xAI in Memphis
The international recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment has gained prominence over the past few years, with confirmation of its existence taking place by...
Aligning AI Procurement with Human Rights: A Call for Proactive Governance
In June 2025, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights released a landmark report titled “Artificial Intelligence Procurement and Deployment: Ensuring Alignment with the Guiding Principles on Business...
Banking on Silence: Basel Committee’s Climate Framework Abandons Human Rights Protections?
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s June 2025 Framework for the Voluntary Disclosure of Climate-Related Financial Risks represents a pullout from human rights protection in financial regulation. By shifting from...
Business and Human Rights in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Current opportunities and challenges from Brazil’s condemnations
In October and November 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued two judgments condemning Brazil in cases relating to Business and Human Rights (BHR) themes: the Santos Nascimento...
Human Rights Economy: A Solution to Economic Cruelty and Everyday Atrocities
The UN Human Rights Office has called for human rights guardrails in the economic sphere, also known as a Human Rights Economy. In this system, businesses may pursue profit only...
Should Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Be Based on Social Expectations?
A key tenet of business and human rights has become the introduction of mandatory human rights due diligence (HRDD), a process that attempts to introduce the essentials of due diligence...
The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 2
See Part 1 of this blog here: The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 1 | OHRH 1. Introduction This is the second part...
The EU Forced Labour Regulation: Reflections from a Human Rights Perspective – Part 1
1. Introduction Forced labour and child labour constitute serious human rights violations. Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market (“the Regulation”) entered into...
