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Mauricio Lazala, Deputy Director & Head of Europe Office (based in Frankfurt) of the Business and Human Rights Resource CentreMauricio joined the Resource Centre in 2006.  Until his appointment as Deputy Director in Feb. 2011 he served as Senior Researcher and Head of Latin America & Middle East.  As part of the senior management team, he is involved in strategic, operational and financial decisions at the organization. He oversees Latin America and Europe researchers, as well as the London office. Mauricio also manages one of the top three strategic work streams of the organ ..read more

Expertise Salil is a writer and policy adviser with experience in researching corporate activities in diverse environments and applying international human rights standards to identify human rights abuses and and working with all sectors and stakeholders to build accountability and advocate positive change.  Current Work Salil works on human rights themes such as discrimination, protection of human rights defenders, and emerging issues for business and human rights. He is also engaged in researching potential impacts of investments in countries opening up for investment after a long pe ..read more

Documentary Co-Director and Producer ‘ COMPLICIT’ - recipient of nine internationalfilm festival awards, news broadcasts worldwide. (2013-2018) http://www.complicitfilm.org Network Fellow, Harvard University, Edmond B. Safra Center for Ethics (2011-2014).Researched social auditing’s failure to protect workers in global apparel andtech manufacturers. Press interviews and coverage in over 300 news outlets globallyre Apple Computer’s labor challenges in the U.S. and European media: NY Times,Bloomberg, CNN, The Philadelphia Inquirer, NPR, and European newspapers.https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26 ..read more

Sheung so is a labour activist and Chief Executive of Labour Education Services Network in Hong Kong, where she is also the Senior Trainer. Sheung has extensive experience working on labour issues in China. Her expertise includes labor dispute hotlines and support services, empowerment programme design and execution, labour rights and worker representation training for workers, student worker rights, vocational school curriculum development and teacher trainings, and Corporate Social Responsibility projects with companies and multi-stakeholder initiatives. She is a member of the Board of Trust ..read more

Makmid is a human rights campaigner, researcher and development communications practitioner, with almost twenty years experience working with national and international development and human rights organisations in Africa and the United Kingdom. See some of his work: https://www.macfound.org/press/press-releases/new-fund-support-transitional-justice-efforts-africa/  ..read more

In this episode, the final one of Season 1, Olga, Seema & Raza reflect on the journey of the Rights of Others Podcast and what we have learnt during this season. We conclude we need to hear the voices of those on the ground, doing the work that ultimately leads to the protection and promotion of the rights of others. Season 2 is coming very soon!  ..read more

Ceylan Akbas and Dilara Altun are graduates of the School of Law and Criminology of the University of Greenwich and have co-lead the Greenwich Amnesty International Society and the Eco-team. They have interned at the Business, Human Rights and the Environment Research Group (www.bhre.org) working with Olga In corporate accountability projects. Dilara is currently studying her LLM at King’s Colleague London and Ceylan is working at BHRE on the DATUM project to promote sustainable consumption through technology. In this fascinating episode, we about their activism, educating ourselves and influe ..read more

In this episode we talk to Dan Leader, partner in the British law firm LeighDay. Daniel specialises in international human rights and environmental law, with a particular focus on business and human rights. He has extensive experience of cases against parent companies, complex group actions and mass tort claims, as well as cross-border disputes and jurisdictional issues.  He has was external expert member of the UK Government Steering Board which oversees the implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (2014-17).  Since 2018 he has been a Board Member of the C ..read more

Gemma works as Assistant International Officer at Unison and she is responsible for Business and Human Rights as well as Unison's relationships with Asian trade unions. This includes coordinating UK civil society UN Binding Treaty Group; working through CORE Coalition on a duty to prevent corporate abuse of human and environmental rights and for remedy to be provided should harm occurs. IMG Credit - Terence Faircloth / Flickr ..read more