International Advisory Network
Our International Advisory Network, chaired by Mary Robinson, is a consultative network of individuals recognised for their expertise and work on subjects relevant to business and human rights.
Advisory Network members serve in their personal capacity rather than as representatives of their organisations. They have a range of viewpoints but share a commitment to promoting greater public awareness of subjects relating to business and human rights. Network members do not play a role in determining which links are posted in our online library. Like the Resource Centre they are not responsible for the content or views expressed in the materials to which the library is linked.
Chair
Mary Robinson, Director of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative; former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; former President of Ireland [online bio]
Africa
Burundi: Alpha Fall, Head of transitional justice unit, UN Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB); former Director of Programmes, Intl. Center for Transitional Justice, Dem. Rep. of Congo; former Executive Director, Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa, Gambia
Kenya: Ibrahima Kane, Director for African Union Advocacy, Open Society Institute; former Legal Officer for Africa, Interights
Kenya: Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki, Executive Director, Kenya Human Rights Commission; former Executive Director, African Women's Development and Communication Network
Kenya/South Africa: Steve Ouma, strategic advisor to the Labour Awareness and Resource Centre (LARC) in Kenya & doctoral fellow at University of the Western Cape, So. Africa; formerly Deputy Executive Director, Kenya Human Rights Commission
Nigeria: Felix Morka, Director, Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC)
Senegal: Sidiki Kaba, former President, Fédération Internationale des ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH) (International Federation for Human Rights Leagues)
South Africa: Mokhethi Moshoeshoe, Director, Civa Innovation Management; Founder, African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC)
Middle East & North Africa
Bahrain: Abdulhadi A. Alkhawaja, Founding Board Member, Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
Israel: Talia Aharoni, President and Founder, MAALA (Business for Social Responsibility in Israel)
Jordan: Asma H.S. Khader, Director of Mizan - Law Group for Human Rights (Jordanian branch of the International Commission of Jurists); coordinator of SIGI (Sisterhood is Global Institute) Jordan; founding member of the Arab Association for Human Rights; formerly provided service in the Jordanian Government
Palestinian Authority area (West Bank): Hasan Barghouthi, General Director, Democracy & Workers' Rights Center
East Asia
China: Dr. Liu Kaiming, founder and Executive Director, Institute of Contemporary Observation; Founder of the Migrant Workers Community College
China/Australia: Dr. Anita Chan, Research Fellow, Contemporary China Centre, Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, The Australian National University; Co-editor of The China Journal [online bio]
China/Hong Kong: Trini Leung, independent business, human rights & sustainable development advisor, currently involved in setting up Responsible Competitiveness Roundtable initiatives in Hong Kong; former Trade and Private Sector Policy Advisor at Oxfam GB; former International Secretary for Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions; former co-director and chair of Asia Monitor Resource Center
China/Hong Kong: Monina Wong Ching-man, Executive Director, Labour Action in China
Japan: Professor Koshi Yamazaki, specialist in international human rights law, Niigata University; member of Board of Councilors of Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center (HURIGHTS OSAKA); member of Network for Human Dignity (international law research website)
Southeast Asia
Malaysia: Sarojeni V. Rengam, Executive Director, Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific (PAN AP); Coordinator, "Women in Agriculture" programme
Philippines: Dr. Nymia Pimentel Simbulan, Executive Director, Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights)
South Asia
India: Viraf Mehta, Chief Executive, Partners in Change (business partnership organisation associated with ActionAid India); former Director of Tata Steel's rural development programmes
Australia
Australia: Geoff Evans, environmental scientist, lecturer in Environmental Ethics & Values, Ecosystem Health & Sustainability at Univ. of Newcastle; former Executive Director and board member of Mineral Policy Institute
Latin America
Argentina: Jorge Daniel Taillant, Strategic Advisor, founder and former President & Executive Director, Centro de Derechos Humanos y Medio Ambiente (CEDHA) (Center for Human Rights and Environment) [online bio]
Brazil: Oded Grajew, Chairman of the Board, Instituto Ethos (Ethos Institute), former Special Advisor to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Colombia: Cristina Echavarria, Executive Director, Association for Responsible Mining - ARM (Asociación por la Minería Responsable)
El Salvador: Carolina Quinteros, Projects Manager, Grupo de Monitoreo Independiente de El Salvador (Monitoring Group of El Salvador)
Mexico: Valeria Scorza, General Coordinator, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Project - ProDESC (Proyecto de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales)
Mexico: Jorge Villalobos Grzybowicz, Executive President, Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía (Mexican Center for Philanthropy)
Canada/USA
Canada: Mark Erik Hecht, Senior Legal Counsel, Beyond Borders; former Executive Director, Human Rights Internet [online bio]
Canada: David Petrasek, Independent consultant; Lecturer "Human Rights and the Marketplace", Oxford University Human Rights Summer Programme; former Policy Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
USA: Susan Aaronson, Associate Research Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University [online bio]; former Senior Fellow & Director of Globalization Studies, Kenan Institute, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina
USA: Bennett Freeman, Senior Vice President, Social Research and Policy, Calvert Group; former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; former Managing Director for Global Corporate Responsibility at Burson-Marsteller; currently Board Director at Oxfam America, and Steering Committee member at Amnesty International USA Business and Human Rights Program
USA: Michelle Leighton, Director of Human Rights Programs at Center for Law & Global Justice, Univ. of San Francisco School of Law; former Senior Partner, California Global Corporate Accountability Project
USA: Trevor Neilson, partner, Global Philanthropy Group; former Executive Director, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS
USA: Joe W. (Chip) Pitts III, entrepreneur and international lawyer; lecturer at Stanford Law School; former Chair of Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA; former Chief Legal Officer of Nokia
USA: Michael Posner, former President, Human Rights First (formerly known as Lawyers Committee for Human Rights); on leave from Advisory Network during service as US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights & Labor [online bio]
USA: John Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on business & human rights; Berthold Beitz Professor of Human rights & Intl. Affairs, Harvard Univ. Kennedy School of Govt.; former Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the UN Global Compact; former UN Assistant Secretary-General [online bio]
USA: David Schilling, Director of Human Rights and Resources Programs, Interfaith Center of Corporate Responsibility
USA: Elliot Schrage (on leave from Advisory Network while serving as Vice President, Communications and Public Policy, of Facebook) - former Adjunct Senior Fellow in Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations; has taught courses covering business and human rights at Columbia University Business School & Law School; former Senior Vice President of Global Affairs for Gap Inc.
Eastern Europe
Bulgaria: Professor Krassimir Kanev, Chair, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
Czech Republic: Tomasz Terlecki, Senior Associate for Central and Eastern Europe, European Climate Foundation; formerExecutive Director, CEE Bankwatch Network
Russia: Vera Mischenko, President, Ecojuris Institute of Environmental Law [online bio]
Western Europe
Belgium: Catherine Rubbens, independent CSR consultant; former Manager of Human Rights & Reporting, CSR Europe
Denmark: Dr. Margaret Jungk, Head of Project, Human Rights & Business Project, Danish Institute for Human Rights
Denmark: Sune Skadegaard Thorsen, Senior Partner, Global CSR (corporate social responsibility firm with focus on international human rights); former Senior Advisor for Ethics & Social Affairs, Novo Group [online bio]
Ireland: Professor Dennis Driscoll, Faculty of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway (courses include Law & Corporate Social Responsibility); President of International Law Association (Irish Branch); European Rapporteur of the Asia-Europe Foundation's series of meetings on business & human rights [online bio]
Netherlands: Dr. Judy Henderson, former Chair, Global Reporting Initiative
Netherlands: Peter Pennartz, International Restructuring and Education Network Europe (IRENE)
Switzerland: Professor Andrew Clapham, Professor of Public International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies [online bio]
Switzerland: Caroline Dommen, Representative for Global Economic Issues at Quaker United Nations Office; former Director of 3D (Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy)
Switzerland: Margaret Flaherty, Senior Managing Director and Chief of Staff, World Business Council for Sustainable Development [online bio]
UK: Martin Brookes, Co-Head of Research, New Philanthropy Capital; former Senior Global Economist at Goldman Sachs International; former Economics Researcher at Amnesty International, International Secretariat [online bio]
UK: Sir Geoffrey Chandler, Founding Chair of Amnesty International UK Business Group; former senior manager at Royal Dutch/Shell; former Director General of the UK National Economic Development Office
UK: Tricia Feeney, Director of Rights and Accountability in Development; member of steering committee for OECD Watch; Coordinator of Corporate Accountability Network of the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)
UK: Martin Kalungu-Banda, Co-Faculty Member, Commonwealth Business School; former Senior Policy Adviser, Private Sector Team, Oxfam GB; former Regional Social Performance Manager of BP Africa
UK: John O’Reilly, former senior BP manager in Colombia and Indonesia with responsibility for human rights issues; was a member of former Amnesty International UK Business Group
Individuals at organizations with offices in multiple countries
Daria Caliguire, former Director, International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)
Aron Cramer, President & CEO, Business for Social Responsibility [online bio]
Arvind Ganesan, Director, Business and Human Rights Program, Human Rights Watch [online bio]
Frances House, Strategy Director of Institute for Human Rights & Business; former member of Amnesty International UK Business Group; former Director, Corporate Practices, International Business Leaders Forum
Scott Jerbi, Communications Director of Institute for Human Rights & Business; Senior Adviser, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
Malini Mehra, Founder and Director, Centre for Social Markets [online bio]
John Morrison, Executive Director of Institute for Human Rights and Business; former co-ordinator of Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights
Jane Nelson, Senior Fellow & Director of the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Univ. Kennedy School of Govt.; Advisor, International Business Leaders Forum
Wilder Tayler, Secretary General, International Commission of Jurists; former Legal and Policy Director, Human Rights Watch
Salil Tripathi, Policy Director of Institute for Human Rights and Business; board member of English PEN; senior visiting fellow on business and human rights at Kennedy School at Harvard University; former researcher on economic relations and human rights at Amnesty International, International Secretariat
Svetlana Tsalik, former Director of Revenue Watch, an initiative of the Open Society Institute
Anuradha Vittachi, Executive Director of OneWorld UK, co-founder of OneWorld Network, Director Emerita of OneWorld International Foundation, [online bio]
Elin Wrzoncki, Responsable du bureau Mondialisation & droits humains, Fédération Internationale des ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH) (Head of Globalisation & Human Rights Programme, International Federation for Human Rights Leagues)
Ineke Zeldenrust, Clean Clothes Campaign
