WOMEN ACTIVISTS IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS

Sur: International Journal on Human Rights

Amanda Romero Medina¹  Júlia Mello Neiva² 

[1] Amanda Romero Medina holds a Ph.D. degree from the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional de Colombia (National Pedagogical University of Colombia) (2012). Based in Bogotá, she is a tenured profesor of the Master of Human Rights, Transition Management and Post-conflict Programme at the Escuela Superior de Administración Pública (ESAP, Higher School of Public Administration) and Senior Researcher and South America Regional Representative at the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (CIEDH for its acronym in Spanish).;Júlia Mello Neiva is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in human rights at the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo. She holds a Master of Human Rights degree (LL.M.) from Columbia Law School (Columbia University, New York) and is a human rights specialist for the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo. Based in São Paulo, she is the Coordinator of Development and Socioenvironmental Rights at Conectas Human Rights. She is a lawyer and human rights activist. She worked for many years as a Representative and Senior Researcher at the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and for other NGOs and academic institutions.;

关键词: civil society;    human rights;    businesses;    full compensation;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article presents the views of two Latin American women who are Regional Representatives of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (or CIEDH for its acronym in Spanish) in the context of the debate on the impacts of business on human rights and the rights of nature. Júlia Neiva, from Brazil, worked for seven years at CIEDH on Brazil, Portugal and Portuguese-speaking African countries and then, returned to Conectas. Amanda Romero has worked as the South America Representative for CIEDH for nine years and counting. Raising more questions than answers, they make it clear that the business and human rights field is developing rapidly and more collective efforts are needed to overcome the serious problems that the communities face.

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