© 2007 Northwestern
University School of Law
Corporate Human Rights Responsibility: Its Growing Relevance and Enforceability
October 24 & 25, 2007
Northwestern University School of Law
The aim of this two-day conference is to identify some of the major legal and policy measures that should be adopted to effectively address human rights abuses for which multinational corporations (MNC), under appropriate legal standards, are beginning to assume responsibility. We will examine the issues from four perspectives: corporate, governmental, civil society, and academic.
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Keynote Address
Chip PittsPresident, Bill of Rights Defense Committee; Lecturer, Stanford Law School; Former Board Chair, Amnesty International USA; Former Chief Legal Officer, Nokia Inc.
Luncheon Address
Honorable Diane P. WoodJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Presented by:
Journal of International Human RightsCenter for International Human Rights
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Law
In partnership with:
American Society of International LawChicago Council on Global Affairs
Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School
Human Rights Institute, Columbia University Law School
With the support of:
Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern UniversityMayer Brown LLP