With the support of
3rd
edition
BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMER SCHOOL
Procida – 29 June – 3 July 2020
PROGRAM
Monday, June 29
9.00 - 9.30: Registration of Summer School participants
9.30 - 10.00 Welcome Remarks and Logistical Information by the Scientific Directors of the Summer School:
Angelica Bonfanti, Marta Bordignon, Marco Fasciglione, Chiara Macchi
Institutional Greetings of the Governing Bodies of the University of Naples “L’Orientale”
10.00 - 11.15 Business and Human Rights Today
Chair: Angelica Bonfanti, University of Milan
Inaugural Lecture: Michael Addo, Notre Dame University (UK) Coffee break
11.30 - 13.30 Introduction to the Business and Human Rights International Framework: The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Nadia Bernaz, Wageningen University and Research (The Netherlands) Lunch break
Lecture
14.45 - 17.45 State Practice on Corporate Responsibility Legislation and National Action Plans
Claire Bright, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Portugal); Carmen Carrasco, University of Seville (Spain)
Welcome Aperitif offered to all Summer School participants
Aperitif with the practitioner
Anna Bulzomi, PwC – Sustainability & Responsible Governance (The Netherlands) Tuesday, June 30
Lectures
9.00 - 11.00 The Second Pillar of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: The Corporate Responsibility to Respect
Tara Van Ho, University of Essex (UK) Coffee Break
11.15 - 13.15 Human Rights Due Diligence: Concepts and Realities Robert McCorquodale, University of Nottingham (UK)
Lunch break
14.45 - 17.45 Forum: Climate Change, Business and Human Rights
Chair: Chiara Macchi, Wageningen University and Research (The Netherlands)
Dennis van Berkel, Urgenda, (The Netherlands) (To be confirmed); Luca Saltalamacchia, ProRights (Italy)
Wednesday, July 1 Lectures
9.00 - 11.00 The Business Approach to Human Rights Due Diligence Ron Popper, Global Business Initiative on Human Rights
Coffee Break
11.15 - 13.15 Human Rights Due Diligence: Case Studies and Practice Miriam Saage-Maaß (ECCHR)
Lunch break 14.45 - 17.45 Forum: Gender, Children Rights and Business
Chair: Marta Bordignon, Human Rights International Corner (Italy)
Cristiana Carletti, University of “Roma Tre” (Italy), Inter-ministerial Committee of Human Rights (CIDU, Italy); Valentina Grado, University of Naples “L’Orientale” (Italy)
Thursday, July 2 Lectures
9.00 - 11.00 The Third Pillar of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: The Victims’
Access to Remedy
Daniel Augenstein, University of Tilburg (The Netherlands) Coffee break
11.15 - 13.15 The Criminal Accountability of Multinational Corporations for Human Rights Abuses Cedric Ryngaert, University of Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Lunch break
14.45 - 17.45 Non-judicial Remedies: The OECD National Contact Points and Other Existing Tools Jernej Letnar Černič, Faculty of Government and European Studies, New University, Ljubljana/Kranj (Slovenia)
The Practice of the Italian OECD National Contact Point: Practical Cases Giacomo Maria Cremonesi, Caiazza Law Firm, Milan (Italy)
Dinner offered to all participants and lecturers
Friday, July 3 Lectures
9.00 - 11.00 Views from the Practitioners: Litigating Business and Human Rights in the UK Daniel Leader, Leigh Day & Co. (United Kingdom)
Coffee break 11.15 - 13.15 Forum: Big Data, Business and Human Rights
Chair: Marco Fasciglione, National Research Council (Italy)
Sheldon Leader, University of Essex (United Kingdom); Sabrina Rau, University of Essex (United Kingdom)
Lunch break
Closing Roundtable – PUBLIC EVENT 15.00 - 18.00 Chair: Giuseppe Cataldi, University of Naples “L’Orientale”
Speakers: Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, Pasquale De Sena, Catholic University of Milan (Italy) (To be confirmed); Humberto Cantù Rivera, Monterrey University (Mexico), Claudia Saller, European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ), Andrea Shemberg, GBIHR.
Closing Remarks: Minister Fabrizio Petri, President of the Inter-ministerial Committee of Human Rights (CIDU, Italy)
Closing Aperitif
