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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

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:

• Peter Nestor
  Human Rights Manager
  Novartis
• Dunstan Alison-Hope
  Vice President, Human Rights
  Women’s Empowerment and Inclusive Economy Practices, BSR
• Markus Funk
  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:

• Leilani Farha
  Global Director, The Shift
  Former UN Special Rapporteur, Right to Housing
• Alison Eisinger
  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:

• Alejandra Gonza
  Executive Director and President, Global Rights Advocacy
  Affiliate Professor, Â鶹ÉçÇø School of Law
• Rebekah Fletcher
  Deputy Director for Legal Training and Technical Assistance, Kids in Needs of Defense (KIND)
• Enoka Herat
  Police Practices and Immigration Council, ACLU of Washington
• Tim Warden-Hertz
  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.

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson joins to discuss the unique roles attorneys general play in times of crisis.

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