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SUMMARY:Human Rights Colloquium: Developing a legally binding instrume
 nt on business and human rights: Lessons from drafting global human ri
 ghts treaties
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DESCRIPTION:Our next FAU CHREN Human Rights Colloquium will be held o
 n 09 October 2025 from 6 to 7:30 pm and will feature Prof. Dr. Markus
  Krajewski as speaker and Prof. Dr. Eva Pils as chair. Description The
  international framework on corporate responsibility evolves around th
 e United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights of 20
 11 (UNGP) which only contain non-binding standards for companies. Bind
 ing norms on business and human rights at the international level are 
 still missing. An intergovernmental working group in the UN framework 
 has been discussing and negotiating a legally binding instrument (LBI)
  on business and human rights for ten years\, but has not reached a co
 nsensus yet. This paper suggests that experiences with drafting other 
 international human rights treaties contributes to the understanding o
 f the challenges and opportunities of the current process around the L
 BI. The paper identifies substantive and procedural elements in the ne
 gotiations of existing international human rights treaties\, such as b
 uilding on international consensus enshrined in non-binding declaratio
 ns\, aligning treaties with domestic policy preferences as well as inc
 luding affected rightsholders and civil society organisations in the n
 egotiations. The paper applies these findings to the negotiating proce
 ss and contents of the LBI to suggest possible approaches for the way 
 forward. Speaker Bio Markus Krajewski is Professor of Public and Inter
 national Law at FAU’s School of Law. He is also the spokesperson of 
 the International Doctorate Programme (IDP) “Business and Human Righ
 ts: Governance Challenges in a Complex World” at FAU and Co-Chair of
  the Committee on Business and Human Rights of the International Law A
 ssociation (ILA). Disclaimer/Media Notice Photos and/or videos may be 
 taken during this event for FAU CHREN’s documentation and public out
 reach (e.g.\, website\, social media). By attending\, you consent to t
 his use — unless you inform us otherwise in advance or during 
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