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NOVA BHRE Newsletter
October 2024
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The opening session will feature the Dean of NOVA School of Law, Margarida Lima Rego, the Portuguese Secretary of State for the Economy, João Rui Ferreira, the Ambassador of Canada in Portugal, Elise Racicot, the Chair-Rapporteur of the UN Working Group on Enforced or involuntary Disappearances, Aua Baldé, Managing Partner at PLMJ, Bruno Ferreira, and the Founding Director of the NOVA BHRE, Claire Bright.
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The 4 panels of the conference will feature the following experts:
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| Panel 1: Meaningful human rights and environmental commitment |
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Keynote Speaker: Fernanda Ferreira Dias, General Director of the Portuguese Ministry of Economy
Chair: Bernardo Ivo Cruz, Invited Professor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa and at Nova School of Law, Former Portuguese Secretary of State for Internationalization
Panel:
- Nichole Solomons, Global Lead of Business & Human Rights, United Nations Global Compact
- Salah Husseini, Human Rights Director, BSR
- Joana Freitas, Board Member, Transparency International Portugal
- Paulo Câmara, Professor of Law at Católica Global School of Law and Partner at Sérvulo & Associados
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| Panel 2: Identifying and prioritizing impacts |
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Keynote Speaker: Paulo Câmara, Professor of Law at Católica Global School of Law and Partner at Sérvulo & Associados
Chair: Anaïs Tobalagba, Visiting Researcher at the NOVA BHRE and Legal and Policy Researcher at Raid
Panel:
- Céline da Graça Pires, Human Rights Specialist and Research Associate at the NOVA BHRE
- Francisco Granja de Almeida, Legal Counsel & Human Rights Specialist, Galp
- Cannelle Lavite, Co-Program Director Business and Human Rights, ECCHR
- Chiara Macchi, Assistant Professor of Law and Coordinator of Education at Wageningen University & Research – Law Group
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| Panel 3: Taking appropriate measures to address adverse impacts |
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Keynote Speaker: Caroline Lichuma, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Luxembourg
Chair: Alison E. Holm, Assistant Professor, NOVA SBE
Panel:
- Olena Uvarova, Associate Professor at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Ukraine) and Visiting Researcher at Wageningen University, Law Group
- Jenny M. Hoobler, Professor of Human Resource Management and Academic Director of the Leadership for Impact Knowledge Center, NOVA SBE
- João Mestre, Head of Sustainability, Fidelidade
- Grace Camara, Senior Legal Advisor & Garment Sector and Apparel Lead, Global Rights Compliance
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| Panel 4: Tracking and reporting/Communicating |
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Keynote Speaker: Lucila de Almeida, Professor holder of the Abreu Chair in ESG at NOVA School of Law and Director of the NOVA Green Lab
Chair: Laura Iñigo Álvarez, Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at NOVA School of Law and Scientific Coordinator at the NOVA BHRE
Panel:
- Paula Guimarães, Sustainability Director, The Navigator Company
- Sophie Grenade, Senior Policy Advisor, IndustriAll European Trade Union (online)
- Rebecca Burton, Deputy Director, Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA)
- Catherine McDonald, PhD Candidate at the Institute for Business Ethics, University of St Gallen
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The concluding remarks will feature Angus Warren, Chief Executive Officer for Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges and Ana Duarte Santos, Lawyer, and Research Associate at the NOVA BHRE.
Q&A's will include interventions by Youth Ambassadors and plenary discussion.
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On the 2nd of October 2024, Laura Íñigo Álvarez participated as discussant in the online SPEED seminar entitled Access to Remedy for Victims of Transnational Business-Related Human Rights Abuses Through Private Dispute Resolution: A Human Rights-Centred Assessment that was presented by Gustavo Becker, PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam and University of Luxembourg.
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Guest lecture by Olena Uvarova
The NOVA Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment had the pleasure of receiving Olena Uvarova for a visiting day on the 4th October 2024.
Olena Uvarova gave an insightful guest lecture on The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights in Challenging Contexts in the framework of the module on Business, Human Rights and Sustainability.
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Guest lecture by Anaïs Tobalagba
On the 18th of October 2024, the NOVA BHRE was delighted to receive our visiting researcher, Anaïs Tobalagba, for a guest lecture in the framework of the module on Business, Human Rights and Sustainability. During the guest lecture, Anaïs shared her practical insights on the corporate-related human rights and environmental harms in the industrial cobalt mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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On the 25th October 2024 our visiting researcher Anaïs Tobalagba also moderated the panels on Advancing Women’s Rights at the Workplace and Global developments on Human Rights Due Diligence at the event Business & Human Rights: Peer Learning Event, which took place at the Egmont Palace in Bruxelles.
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On the 24th of October 2024, members of the Center participated in The 26th General Comment of the Committee on the Rights of the Child at the 2024 edition of ‘The Lisbon Climate Conference’ which was co-organized by Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Università di Torino, Koç Üniversitesi, and members of the Law Schools Global League.
Laura Íñigo Álvarez and Daniel Iglesias Márquez presented their paper Unpacking the Potential of State-Based Grievance Mechanisms in Rights-Based Climate Cases Brought against Corporations: Insights from OECD National Contact Points.
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New Blog Series: Exploring Litigation for Corporate Accountability
Last month, we announced the launch of a new blog series titled “Explorando los caminos hacia el acceso efectivo a la justicia en materia de empresas y derechos humanos” which explores the evolving landscape of litigation related to the negative impacts of business activities.
Coordinated by Daniel Iglesias Márquez and Estrella del Valle Calzada, and edited by Laura Íñigo Álvarez, this series brings together contributions from authors across various regions, offering both theoretical insights and case study perspectives on corporate accountability. In October, we concluded this blog series, publishing 6 more blog posts.
- Humberto Cantú Rivera, “La Directiva sobre diligencia debida en materia de sostenibilidad empresarial más allá de Europa: algunas reflexiones”, October 17th 2024
- Nicolas Bueno, Franziska Oehm, “Las condiciones de responsabilidad civil empresarial en la Directiva de diligencia debida en materia de sostenibilidad empresarial”, October 15th
2024
- Camilla S. Haake, Stephen Rabenlehner, “‘Third-party verification’ in the ‘chain of activities’: opportunities and risks”, October 10th 2024
- Maria Font-Mas, “La Directiva (UE) 2024/1069 sobre demandas estratégicas transfronterizas contra la participación pública (anti-SLAPP)”, October 8th 2024
- Alfredo Uriel Pérez Manriquez, “Génesis de un litigio estratégico para el acceso a la justicia de víctimas de violencia con armas de fuego en América Latina y el Caribe”, October 3rd 2024
- Sebastián Smart, “Derechos humanos y empresas: análisis de jurisprudencia en el Sistema Interamericano”,
1st October 2024
We also published:
Laura Arenas Peralta, “Forced displacement in the extractive sector: A call for heightened human rights due diligence”, October 16th 2024
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| ESG Reporting and Due Diligence (Portuguese Edition) |
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The ESG Reporting and Due Diligence Course (Portuguese Edition) coordinated by Claire Bright and Lucila de Almeida has been taking place throughout the month of October and until the 27th of November. It has notably featured interventions by Claire Bright and Ana Santos Duarte on the regulatory framework on business and human rights, with a special focus on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, the EU Forced Labour Ban, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, Responsible Contracting Practices and Audits, as well as Social Indicators and by Céline da Graça Pires on the Human Rights Due Diligence Process in practice.
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