Transfixed in my seat, feeling the energy of a collective striving for change and human rights – this is how I felt at the 2017 Bertha Convening, where I sat amongst peers championing for human rights. In reflection, the Convening truly provided a rare opportunity for legal peers and community representatives from different platforms around […]
Author Archives: Jean-Andre Butcher
Education, Human Rights, Legal Resources Centre
OPERA: How Strategic Litigation + Strong Data = Implementation
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Nov
Nov
Reflecting on the ability of data management to assist with implementing court orders.
Extractive Industries, Governance, Human Rights, Legal Resources Centre, South Africa, United Nations
LRC submissions: #BindingTreaty at IGWG 2017
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Oct
Oct
The LRC, as part of the ESCR-Net, was in Geneva during the final week of October 2017 for the third session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group (IGWG) on the elaboration of a binding treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights.
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May
May
By George Bizos SC, assisted by Samantha Brener, both at the Legal Resources Centre. Delivered in the Great Hall of the University of the Witwatersrand on 18 May 2017 Nadine Gordimer was a world-renowned writer. She has been richly praised by many of the world’s most respected voices. The independent Newspaper in London published the […]