New Report on MSA Reporting by Local Authorities now out!

Our new report continues the research we have developed since 2015, analysing local authorities and universities’ Modern Slavery Statements under the UK Modern Slavery Act. The latest report of the BHRE on Transparency in Supply Chains Reporting is titled: "UK Modern Slavery Act Transparency in Supply Chains: Reporting by Local Authorities", BHRE Research Series. Report No. 4, September 2020 and is authored by Professor Olga Martin-Ortega and Anna Gorna with the invaluable assistance of Lucrezia Conrradi and Fatimazahra Dehi. Also available in our website.  

The report also contains an updated version of the Aide Memoire Anna and Olga prepared for the LGA and available here.

We would like to acknowledge the extremely valuable comments and support we received from Guy Head from the Local Government Association (LGA) during the drafting of this report. All errors remain ours.

Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: New Blog Posting at EJIL Talk!

Professor Olga Martin-Ortega and Dr. Claire Methven O’Brien discuss their work for the European Parliament on mandatory human rights due diligence in EJIL Talk! in the blog post Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: options of monitoring, enforcing and remedy under the future EU legislation. This piece presents our Report EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, Directorate-General for External Policies, ‘EU human rights due diligence legislation: Monitoring, enforcement and access to justice for victims’- Human Rights Due Diligence Legislation -Options for the EU: Briefing 2. (June 2020).

Dr. Louise Hewitt in ‘Together an Anthology from the COVID pandemic' and the Focus on Why Podcast

BHRE member Dr. Louise Hewitt has been invited to contribute to the ‘Together an Anthology from the COVID pandemic' which includes  a collection of human stories from the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceeds from the sale of the book will be split between the NHS and global organisations working to deal with the issues caused by Covid-19. You can read more here.

She is also a guest on the Focus on Why podcast where great guests, including her, talk about why they do what they do. The podcast has also been nominated in the Listeners Choice category of the British Podcast Awards supported by BBC Sounds.

The episode is available now on: Apple; Spotify and Stitcher.