A Policy Seminar,19 April 2023 (10am EDT, 3pm BST, 4pm CET, 8.30pm IST)

Speakers: James Harrison (University of Warwick), Margarita Parejo (Nomogaia), Mark Wielga (Nomogaia)

This seminar presented the findings of research conducted by the Centre for Human Rights in Practice (CHRP) at the University of Warwick and US-based non-profit research organization, Nomogaia. The research investigated the grievance mechanisms of six leading multi-stakeholder initiatives to understand how they operated in practice. These are the Bangladesh Accord, Bonsucro, the Fair Labour Association, the Fair Wear Foundation, the Forest Stewardship Council, and the Roundtable and Sustainable Palm Oil.

Key outputs discussed during the seminar include:

• A Policy Brief which sets out the key findings of our research and 10 recommendation for enhancing grievance mechanisms in the future
• Powerpoint slides for the 19 April session .
• Academic articles which set out our key overall findings and our findings on the RSPO Grievance Mechanism. An article on the Fair Labour Association grievance mechanism is currently under review and available from myself upon request.
• A Nomogaia report entitled "Recommendations for Non-Governmental Human Rights Grievance Mechanisms"
• The Database of Grievance Mechanism Claims and Nomogaia Research Report

This seminar is one aspect of Nomogaia and CHRP's empirical research agenda for business and human rights.