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Business and Human Rights

November 09, 2015

Nov. 5th – Veronique Haller of the Swiss Foreign Ministry discussed the responsibility of the private sector in respecting human rights.

This November 5, 2015 Critical Global Conversation focused on the topic of Business and Human Rights: Should the Private Sector Adopt Comprehensive Human Rights Policy?  Veronique Haller, Director of Human Rights Policy at the Swiss Foreign Ministry, discussed the responsibility of the private sector (which includes all sectors of businesses, including hard and soft commodities, private security, sports federation, food, etc.) in respecting human rights. The idea of how far this responsibility can or must go – legally and/or politically – was also explored. The conversation was moderated by Penn Law Professor Jean Galbraith.