BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMER SCHOOL 3rd EDITION - PRO RIGHTS - Professionisti per la promozione e protezione dei diritti fondamentali

The Business and Human Rights Summer School addresses the main challenges of rising economic globalization, particularly within the context of business and human rights through issues such as: the role and obligations of States, the recent and emerging human rights-related legislation regulating corporate activities worldwide, and the access to effective remedies for victims of corporate-related human rights abuses.

The program provides participants with up-to-date insights into the business and human rights international debate from a variety of legal, regulatory, and policy perspectives. In line with the polycentric structure of the UN Guiding Principles, the Summer School is organized around three Modules concerning, respectively, the State duty to protect human rights (I), the corporate responsibility to respect human rights (II) and the victims’ access to remedy (III).

The Business and Human Rights Summer School aspires to provide academics, NGO workers, lawyers, CSR experts and other practitioners with a comprehensive overview and knowledge of the legal mechanisms and tools applicable in the field of business and human rights while keeping up with current relevant developments at national, regional and international level. The Summer School received the endorsement of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Human Rights (CIDU).

In addition, the program of the Summer Course will focus on three thematic forums: the first one on Climate Change and Business and Human Rights; the second one on Gender, Children Rights and Business and Human Rights, and the third one on Big Data and Business and Human Rights

Angelica Bonfanti, University of Milan ‘La Statale’; Marta Bordignon, Human Rights International Corner (HRIC); Marco  Fasciglione, Institute for Research  on Innovation and  Services  for Development, National Research Council of Italy; Chiara Macchi, Wageningen University & Research.

The Procida Island is the smallest island of the Naples’ Bay. It easily accessible from the mainland thanks to the regular ferry and hydrofoil services from the ports of Naples and Pozzuoli that assure quick connection to the port of Procida (30 minutes with hydrofoil or 50 minutes with the ferry).