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Rule of law during a pandemic

How can business respect human rights amid COVID-19?

Monday, May 11, 2020
12:30-1:45 p.m. PST

Telephone: US: +1 253 215 8782      Webinar ID: 972 0523 4752

This week join for the next webinar in this virtual series examining how governments and businesses balance public health and human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Monday’s discussion focuses on what steps responsible companies should take to address human rights impacts on supply chains and business activity during the crisis, as well as the tools being developed to do so.

Panelists:

• Human Rights Manager
  Novartis
• Vice President, Human Rights
  Women’s Empowerment and Inclusive Economy Practices, BSR
• Partner and Chair, Supply Chain Compliance Practice
  Perkins Coie

The impact of stay-at-home orders on people who face homelessness

Monday, May 4, 2020
Monday’s discussion focuses on the impacts of stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders on homeless people and communities, both globally and locally.

Panelists:

• 
  Global Director, The Shift
  Former UN Special Rapporteur, Right to Housing
• 
  Executive Director, Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness

The human rights of migrants in detention

Wednesday, April 29

Wednesday’s panel discussion examines the international human rights issues, as well as the local legal challenges, relating to COVID-19 and migrants in detention.

Panelists:

• Executive Director and President, Global Rights Advocacy
  Affiliate Professor, UW School of Law
• Deputy Director for Legal Training and Technical Assistance, Kids in Needs of Defense (KIND)
• Police Practices and Immigration Council, ACLU of Washington
• Directing Attorney, Tacoma Office, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project

The attorney general's role in responding to a statewide emergency

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

This is the first in a series of talks focusing on how states are balancing the rights of individuals and different groups with the need to protect public health during the COVID-19 outbreak.

joins to discuss the unique roles attorneys general play in times of crisis.

Sponsored by the UW School of Law Sustainable International Development LL.M. program and the UW Global Business Institute