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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

Gambia: Alpha Fall, Director of Programmes, Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa

Kenya: Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki, Executive Director, African Women's Development and Communication Network

Kenya: Steve Ouma, Programmes Coordinator - 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)

Senegal/UK: Ibrahima Kane, Legal Officer for Africa, Interights

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, Director, 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; on leave from the Advisory Network during her 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, board member of Mineral Policy Institute

Latin America

Argentina: Jorge Daniel Taillant, Executive Director & Head of Responsible Business Program, Centro de Derechos Humanos y Medio Ambiente (CEDHA) (Center for Human Rights and Environment)  [online bio]

Brazil: Oded Grajew, President, Instituto Ethos (Ethos Institute), former Special Advisor to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

El Salvador: Carolina Quinteros, Director, Grupo de Monitoreo Independiente de El Salvador (Monitoring Group of El Salvador)

Mexico: Jorge Villalobos Grzybowicz, Executive President, Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía (Mexican Center for Philanthropy)

Colombia: Cristina Echavarria, Secretary General, Association for Responsible Mining - ARM (Asociación por la Minería Responsable)

Canada/USA

Canada: Mark Erik Hecht, Visiting Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of Common Law; former Executive Director, Human Rights Internet [online bio]

USA: Susan Aaronson, professor, George Washington University School of Business; 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, former Executive Director, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS 

USA: Joe W. (Chip) Pitts III, entrepreneur and international lawyer; former Chair of Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA; former Chief Legal Officer of Nokia

USA: Michael Posner, President, Human Rights First (formerly known as Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)  [online bio]

USA: John Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on business & human rights; Director, Center for Business and Government, Harvard University; 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 Global Corporate Accountability Programs, Interfaith Center of Corporate Responsibility

USA: Elliot Schrage (on leave from Advisory Network while serving as Vice President, Global Communications and Public Affairs, of Google) - Adjunct Senior Fellow in Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations; Professor of 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, Executive Director, CEE Bankwatch Network

Russia: Vera Mischenko, President, Ecojuris Institute of Environmental Law  [online bio]

Western Europe

Belgium: Catherine Rubbens, 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 (law firm specialising in corporate social responsibility 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, 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 Studies  [online bio]

Switzerland: Caroline Dommen, Director of 3D (Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy); Coordinator of Trade & Investment Network of the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)  [online bio]

Switzerland: Margaret Flaherty, Managing Director / Chief of Staff, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Switzerland: David Petrasek, Policy Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; former Senior Director of Policy and Evaluation, Amnesty International, International Secretariat

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: Frances House, Member of Amnesty International UK Business Group; former Director, Corporate Practices, Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum

UK: Martin Kalungu-Banda, Senior Policy Adviser, Private Sector Team, Oxfam GB; former Regional Social Performance Manager of BP Africa

UK: John O’Reillyformer senior BP manager in Colombia and Indonesia with responsibility for human rights issues; now member of Amnesty International UK Business Group

Individuals at organisations 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

Elin Wrzoncki, Responsable du bureau Mondialisation et droits humains, Fédération Internationale des ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH) (Head of Globalisation & Human Rights Programme, International Federation for Human Rights Leagues)

Nicholas Howen, Secretary General, International Commission of Jurists; former Regional Adviser for Asia-Pacific, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights  [online bio]

Scott Jerbi, Senior Adviser, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative

Malini Mehra, Founder and Director, Centre for Social Markets

John Morrison, co-ordinator of Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights; Human Rights Director, RespectEurope; former Head of Campaigns and Community Affairs for The Body Shop International

Jane Nelson, Director, Business Leadership & Strategy, Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum; Senior Fellow & Director of the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Wilder Tayler, Deputy Secretary General, International Commission of Jurists; former Legal and Policy Director, Human Rights Watch

Salil Tripathi, Senior Policy Adviser, International Alert; former Researcher on Economic Relations and Human Rights at Amnesty International, International Secretariat

Svetlana Tsalik, Director of Revenue Watch, an initiative of the Open Society Institute

Anuradha Vittachi, Director, OneWorld International Foundation

Ineke Zeldenrust, Clean Clothes Campaign


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