Business and Human Rights News Archive

Assistant Professor Akin Ogunranti in conversation with his former PhD thesis advisor, Dr. Sara Seck. Photo by Christine Mazur.

Faculty of Law

More to business law than meets the eye

November 15, 2024 —
Describing her own legal career as being "all over the place," Dr. Sara Seck, Director of the Marine and Environmental Law Institute at Dalhousie’s Schulich School of Law revealed an immense wealth of knowledge gained from her academic and professional journey when visiting Robson Hall this fall as the inaugural Desautels Centre lecturer in Business and Human Rights law.

Akinwumi Ogunranti, Business and Human Rights, Canadian Forum for Business and Human Rights, Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law, Faculty of Law

Photo of gate outside the office of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Faculty of Law

Desautels Centre Report on the 12th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

January 24, 2024 —
The 12th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, held in Geneva, Switzerland from November 26-29, 2023, brought together a diverse and global community of scholars, practitioners, consultants, community activists, UN and government officials. With the support of the Business Law Advisory Committee, Dr. Laura Reimer, Director of Program Development attended in-person for the purpose of networking and gathering information for the Faculty’s Business and Human Rights initiatives.

Business and Human Rights, Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law, Faculty of Law, Human Rights, Laura Reimer, Law Clinics