On 10 and 11 June 2014 the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), Amnesty International, and the Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre (NOREF) convened a closed two-day meeting to identify prosecution gaps at the national level involving criminal acts by corporate actors that either are or lead to serious human rights abuse (“corporate crimes”). Continue reading “Civil Society Expert Meeting on Commerce, Crime, and Human Rights Project”

When businesses engage in illegal conduct that results in serious human rights abuse, they rarely, if ever, are held to account. This problem is particularly acute in the context of business activity involving multiple jurisdictions.  Continue reading “Announcing – Launch of Commerce, Crime, and Human Rights Project”