Andrea Shemberg will be the speaker of the talk “Facilitating firms to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Views from practice” that will take place on the 13th of April 2023 at 2pm.
Andrea Shemberg, Chair of the Global Business Initiative for Human Rights, has worked in business and human rights for nearly 20 years. She began as Legal Advisor at Amnesty International UK and the International Commission of Jurists focusing on business, human rights and investment, before taking on the role of Legal Advisor to John Ruggie, the-then UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Business and Human Rights (SRSG). In that capacity, Andrea led the SRSG’s work on investment contracts and treaties, advised him on international human rights, humanitarian and criminal law issues and participated in the drafting of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Andrea went on to establish and lead the Investment & Human Rights Project at the London School of Economics until 2016, where she continues as a Visiting Fellow. Andrea is a US-trained lawyer and began her legal career as an employment and labour lawyer for a management-side law firm. She regularly teaches business and human rights as a short course at the London School of Economics and guest lectures at law schools and for master’s courses.
The event will take place in Polo Piagge (University of Pisa), in ROOM Q1.
The event is open and free for all interested participants, who are welcome to join in person or by connecting online at this link.