ERIKA GEORGE portrait
  • Samuel D. Thurman Professor of Law, College Of Law
  • Professor, College Of Law
  • Director, Tanner Humanities Center, College Of Humanities
  • Professor, College Of Law - Dean

Publications

  • Finance, Investors and Human Rights, in TEACHING BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS (Anthony Ewing, ed.) (with Ariel Meyerstein) (2023). Published, 01/2023.
  • Bias and Biometrics: Regulating Corporate Responsibility and New Technologies to Protect Rights, 12 Notre Dame Journal of International and Comparative Law 1 (2022). Published, 01/2022.
  • Book Review of Beate Sjåfjell and Irene Lynch Fanon (eds.), Creating Corporate Sustainability: Gender as an Agent for Change (Cambridge University Press 2018) 7 BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNAL 329 (2022). Published, 01/2022.
  • Incorporating Rights: Empire, Global Enterprise and Global Justice, 10 U. ST. THOMAS L.J. 917 (2013). Published, 08/2021.
    https://global.oup.com/academic/product/incorporat...
  • Transformation Through Transparency: Human Rights and Corporate Responsibilities in the Global Food System, in POWER, PARTICIPATION, AND PRIVATE REGULATORY INITIATIVES: HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER SUPPLY CHAIN CAPITALISM (Daniel Brinks, Julia Dehm, Karen Engle, and Kate Taylor eds.) (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021). Published, 01/2021.
  • Racism as a Human Rights Risk: Reconsidering the Corporate ‘Responsibility to Respect’ Rights, 6 BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNAL 576–583 (2021) (with Tara Van Ho and Jenna Martin). Published, 01/2021.
  • Reckoning: A Dialogue About Racism, Antiracists, and Business and Human Rights, 30 WASH. INT’L L.J. 171 (2021). Published, 01/2021.
  • Murray, K. and George, E., Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., in FEMINIST JUDGMENTS: REWRITTEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OPINIONS (Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dodd & Elena Marty-Nelson, eds.) (Cambridge University Press, 2021). Published, 01/2021.
  • Ranking for Good?: A Comparative Assessment of the Performance of French Corporations in Human Rights Rankings, 53 THE INTERNATIONAL LAWYER 21 (2020) (with David Restrepo Amariles). Published, 01/2020.
    https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_i...
  • Shareholder Activism and Stakeholder Engagement Strategies: Promoting Environmental Justice, Human Rights, and the Sustainable Development Goals, 36 WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 298 (2019). Published, 01/2019.
    https://repository.law.wisc.edu/s/uwlaw/item/85763
  • Bringing Human Rights into Bilateral Investment Treaties: South Africa’s Alternative Approach to International Investment Disputes, 27 TRANSNATIONAL LAW AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 403 (2018). Published, 04/2018.
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Media Corporations: Promoting Human Rights Through Rankings, Self-Regulation and Shareholder Resolutions 28 DUKE JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 521 (2018). Published, 01/2018.
  • The Story of Environmental Justice and Race in the United States: International Human Rights and Equal Environmental Protection in HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEGAL JUDGEMENTS: THE AMERICAN STORY (Cambridge University Press, Austin Sarat (ed.) 2017). Published, 01/2017.
  • Access to Remedy: Treaty Talks and the Terms of a New Accountability Accord in BUILDING A TREATY ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: CONTEXT AND CONTOURS (Cambridge University Press, Surya Deva & David Bilchitz (eds.) (2017). Published, 01/2017.
    https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108183031.016
  • Recognizing Women’s Rights at Work: Health and Women Workers in Global Supply Chains (with David Wofford, Candace Gibson & Rebecca Sewall), Berkeley Journal of International Law. Published, 01/2016.
  • The FDA’s Authority Over Labeling: Current Ironies and Future Improvements, (with Leslie Francis & Robin Craig), Georgetown Food & Drug Law Journal. Published, 01/2016.
  • International Human Rights: Legal Political and Policy Frameworks Applicable to the Extractive Industries, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation 2. Published, 01/2016.
  • The Enterprise of Empire: Evolving Understandings of Corporate Identity and Responsibility in The Business and Human Rights Landscapes: Moving Forward, Looking Back (Cambridge University Press, Jena Martin & Karen Bravo, (eds.)). Published, 01/2015.
  • Incorporating Rights: Child Labor in African Agriculture and the Challenge of Changing Practices in the Cocoa Industry 21 U. C. Davis J. Int’l L & Pol’y 59. Published, 01/2014.
  • The Challenge of Climate Change and the Contribution of African Women to Engender International Environmental Law, in Black Women and International Law (Cambridge University Press, Jeremy I. Levitt (ed.)). Published, 01/2014.
  • Global Health and Human Rights, European Journal of International Law. Book Review. Published, 01/2014.
  • In Good Company: How Corporate Social Responsibility Can Protect Rights and Aid Efforts to End Child Sex Trafficking and Modern Slavery, New York University Journal of International Law and Policy. Published, 01/2014.
  • Influencing the Impact of Business on Human Rights: Corporate Social Responsibility Through Transparency and Reporting in Corporate Accountability For Human Rights Impacts: New Expectations and Paradigms (American Bar Association, Lara Blecher, Nancy Kaymar-Stafford & Gretchen Bellamy (eds.)). Published, 01/2014.
  • Incorporating Rights: Empire, Global Enterprise and Global Justice, 10 U. St. Thomas L. J. 917. Published, 01/2013.
  • The Human Right to Health and HIV/AIDS: South Africa and South-South Cooperation to Reframe Global Intellectual Property Principles and Promote Access to Essential Medicines, 18 Indiana Journal Global Legal Studies 167. Published, 12/2011.
  • Tweeting to Topple Tyranny, Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Reply to Anupam Chander, 2 California Law Review (CIRCUIT) 23. Published, 06/2011.
  • Globalization and Women's Rights in Globalization and the Quest for Social and Environmental Justice: The Relevance of International Law in an Evolving World Order, Routledge-Cavendish Taylor & Francis Group. Published, 01/2010.
  • See No Evil? Revisiting Early Visions of the Social Responsibility of Business and the Contemporary Conversation, 33 Seattle U. L. Rev. Published, 01/2010.
    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id...
  • A Prescription for Development: Curing What Ails Foreign Aid to Africa, G8 Mag. Published, 01/2009.
  • Corporate Liability for Human Rights Crimes in Criminal Jurisdiction 100 Years After the 1907 Hague Peace Conference (W.M. van Genugten & Michael P. Scharf eds., T.M.C. Asser Press/Cambridge Univ. Press). Published, 01/2009.
    http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.as...
  • Virginity Testing and South Africa's HIV/AIDS Crisis: Beyond Rights Universalism and Cultural Relativism Towards Health Security, 96 Cal. L. Rev. 1447. Published, 01/2008.
    http://www.californialawreview.org/Article, Refere...
  • The Place of the Private Transnational Actor in International Law: Human Rights Norms, Development Aims and Understanding Corporate Self-Regulation As Soft Law, Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. Published, 01/2007.
  • After Atrocity, Examples from Africa: The Right to Education and the Role of Law in Restoration, Recovery and Accountability, 5 Loy. U. Chi. Int'l L. Rev. 59. Published, 01/2007.
  • Failing the Future: Development Objectives, Human Rights Obligations and Gender Violence in Schools in Combating Gender Violence In and Around Schools (Fiona Leach & Claudia Mitchell, eds., Trentham Books). Published, 01/2006.
    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id...
  • Short Review of Klaus Dieter Beiter, The Protection of the Right to Education by International Law (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (Brill Publishers). Published, 01/2006.
    http://www.globallawbooks.org/reviews/detail.asp?i...
  • <a 07="" 08="" 2006="" en="" href="http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2006/08/07/unprotected-migrants" http:="" reports="" www.hrw.org="">Unprotected Migrants: Zimbabweans in South Africa's Limpopo Province co-authored with Norma Kriger, 18 Hum. Rts. Watch. Published, 01/2006.
    http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2006/08/07/unprotect...
  • Instructions in Inequality: Development, Human Rights, Capabilities and Gender Violence in Schools, 26 Mich. J. Int'l L. 4 . Published, 01/2005.
  • A Black Lawyer's Reflections on the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Ed., Utah B. J. Published, 01/2004.
  • <a 2001="" href="http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/safrica/" http:="" legacy="" reports="" safrica="" www.hrw.org="">Scared at School: Sexual Violence Against Girls in South African Schools. Hum. Rts. Watch. Published, 01/2001.
    http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/safrica/
  • State Oil v. Khan, co-authored with John J. Hamill, 36 ISBA Antitrust & Unfair Competition L. Published, 01/1998.
  • The Fourth Amendment's Forcing of Flawed Choices: Giving Content to Freedom for Residents of Public Housing 30 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 577(case comment). Published, 01/1995.

Research Keywords

  • Human Rights
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Presentations

  • Re-envisioning the Role of the Humanities Center in the 21st Century University Project Report, Panel, Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes, Santiago, Chile (with Ulka Anjaria). Presentation, Presented, 06/2023.
  • Human Rights Risks in Renewable Energy Supply Chains: Racial Capitalism, Critical Minerals, and Corporate Responsibility, Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Presentation, Presented, 06/2023.
  • The Fight for Ideas: Addressing Banned Books and Ideological Attacks, Roundtable Conversation, Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes, Santiago, Chile (with Jennifer Ho). Presentation, Presented, 06/2023.
  • Commentary on Seeking Justice: Access to Remedy for Corporate Human Rights Abuse, Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, Denver, CO. Presentation, Presented, 05/2023.
  • Commentary on Racial Capitalism and the Ecological Crises of the Anthropocene, Racial Capitalism and Climate Justice Workshop, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI. Presentation, Presented, 04/2023.
  • Incorporating Rights, Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights and Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender and Social Justice, University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, OH. Presentation, Presented, 04/2023.
  • Synergy or Dissonance on Business and Human Rights? The Interplay Between National Practice and International Developments for Corporate Accountability, American Society of International Law Annual Meeting, moderator, Washington DC. Presentation, Presented, 03/2023.
  • Human Rights and Corporate Responsibility in Conflict Regions: Assessing Impacts and Promoting Peace, Institute for Honor Symposium, Washington & Lee School of Law, Lexington, VA. Presentation, Presented, 03/2023.
  • Incorporating Rights and Investors: Competition, Choice, and Change, James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ . Presentation, Presented, 02/2023.
  • Leading Change, Law and Leadership Colloquium, BYU Law, Provo, UT . Presentation, Presented, 02/2023.
  • #LetUtahRead Coalition Read, PEN America Utah, Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 01/2023.
  • Beyond Book Bans: Challenging Censorship, Engaging Erasure and Teaching Hard Histories, New York Law School South Africa Reading Group Conference Reckoning with the Past, Constitutional Transformation and Ubuntu, panelist, Educating for Human Rights and Justice, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Panel, Presented, 12/2022.
  • Constitutional Law and Private Power: Reconsidering the Rights and Responsibilities of the Corporate Person, World Congress of Constitutional Law, Johannesburg, South Africa. Presentation, Presented, 12/2022.
  • Update on the Process to Elaborate a Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights Outcomes of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group of the Human Rights Council, panelist, UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland. Presentation, Presented, 11/2022.
  • Confronting Racism to Catalyze the Business and Human Rights Agenda, panelist, UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland. Presentation, Presented, 11/2022.
  • Recent Regulation in Business and Human Rights, Western Europe, and Other States Group (WEOG), moderator, UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland. Presentation, Presented, 11/2022.
  • Incorporating Rights: Legal Accountability for Corporate Abuses, Institute for Human Rights and Business, RAFTO Foundation, Bergen, Norway. Presentation, Presented, 09/2022.
  • Europe’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: Catalyzing Climate Action and Advancing Just Transition, NOVA School of Law, Lisbon. Presentation, Presented, 09/2022.
  • Incorporating Rights: Author Meets Reader Roundtable Discussion, Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal. Presentation, Presented, 07/2022.
  • Radical Reframe: The Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, TEDx Salt Lake City Speaker. Presentation, Presented, 06/2022.
    https://tedxsaltlakecity.com/component/k2/item/250...
  • Incorporating Rights, Netherlands Institute for Law and Governance Conference on Business, Human Rights and the Living Environment, Keynote, Wageningen University . Presentation, Presented, 06/2022.
  • Bias and Biometrics: Regulating Corporate Responsibility and New Technologies to Protect Rights, for the Race & the Law: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Symposium, Notre Dame Law School. Presentation, Presented, 03/2022.
  • Corporate Rights, But No Responsibilities? Recent US Supreme Court Rulings and Corporations, Impacts of Business and Human Rights on Public International Law, University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre. Presentation, Presented, 03/2022.
  • Nature as Person: Just Environments, Planet Now! Conversations in Environmental Studies, Rice University Center for Environmental Studies. Presentation, Presented, 02/2022.
  • American Bar Association’s Model Contract Clauses for Human Rights, University of Connecticut Business and Human Rights Initiative, Commentator. Presentation, Presented, 02/2022.
  • Rethinking Rights to Protect Democracy in the Digital Age: Reflections on Incitement and Inequality, Drake University Law School. Presentation, Presented, 03/25/2021.
  • Corporate Responsibility and Digital Rights: The Global Network Initiative and Private Regulatory Efforts, Drake University Law School. Presentation, Presented, 03/25/2021.
  • Incorporating Rights: Competition, Choice and Change, IIT-Kent Chicago Law. Presentation, Presented, 03/09/2021.
  • Because of Her: Stories of Women Making A Difference, The Bee, Utah Museum of Fine Arts (virtual). Presentation, Presented, 10/2020.
  • Humanities Matters, The Alta Club, Salt Lake City, Utah (virtual). Presentation, Presented, 09/2020.
  • Women Defending the Rights of Women in Immigration Detention: Dawn Wooten’s Fight to End Forced Sterilizations, Yaroslav Mudryl National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine (virtual). Presentation, Presented, 09/2020.
  • Advancing Antiracism: A Conversation with Ibram X. Kendi, Tanner Humanities Center. Presentation, Presented, 02/2020.
  • Who Counts? Building Inclusive Business and Human Rights Indicators to Promote the Rights of People with Disabilities, Syracuse University College of Law, New York . Presentation, Presented, 02/2020.
  • Dancing Around Whiteness: Obstacles to Racial Equity in Academic Settings and Contemplative Practice as Self Care Strategy, Department of Dance, University of Utah, Utah. Presentation, Presented, 01/2020.
  • Recent Developments in Business and Human Rights, Commentator, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Presentation, Presented, 11/2019.
  • Inclusive and Sustainable Participation of Women in International Trade: Engendering International Law, Keynote, TradeMark East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. Presentation, Presented, 09/2019.
  • Protecting the Rights of Resettled Refugees, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Utah. Presentation, Presented, 08/2019.
  • Incorporating Rights: The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, American Bar Association Section on International Law, Oxford, England. Presentation, Presented, 07/2019.
  • Civilian Diplomacy, Keynote, Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy and US Department of State, Utah. Presentation, Presented, 07/2019.
  • South African Constitutional Law and Socioeconomic Rights Litigation: The Legacy of Heinz Klug, New York Law School (June 2019). Presentation, Presented, 05/2019.
  • Equity and Diversity in Sustainability, Wasatch Experience, University of Utah. Presentation, Presented, 05/2019.
  • Transforming Politics Through Participation: The Struggle to Secure the Right to Vote for Women of All Colors, Women Lawyers of Utah. Presentation, Presented, 05/2019.
  • Mindfulness in the Law School Environment, National People of Color Law Conference, Washington DC. Presentation, Presented, 03/2019.
  • Building Inclusive Communities for Refugees, Women of the World, Utah. Presentation, Presented, 02/2019.
  • Empirical Approaches to Human Rights Law and the Rise of Indicators, American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting. Presentation, Presented, 01/2019.
  • The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Morgan Stanley, Utah. Presentation, Presented, 01/2019.
  • Human Rights at a Crossroads: From 1948-2018 and Beyond, City University Hong Kong. Presentation, Presented, 12/2018.
  • Human Rights and Corporate Responsibilities in the Global Food System, Harvard Law School. Presentation, Presented, 10/2018.
  • Recognizing Women’s Rights at Work: Health and Women Workers in Global Supply Chains, Yaroslav Mudryl National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine )(via Skype). Presentation, Presented, 09/2018.
  • Bringing Human Rights into Bilateral Investment Treaties: South Africa’s Alternative Approach to International Investment Disputes, National University Singapore. Presentation, Presented, 07/2018.
  • Promoting Environmental Justice Through Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals, University of Wisconsin Law School. Presentation, Presented, 04/2018.
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Media Corporations, Boston College Law School. Presentation, Presented, 03/2018.
  • Protecting Human Rights through Rankings and Reporting: Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Media Corporations, Duke University . Presentation, Presented, 02/2018.
  • Hate Speech vs. Freedom of Speech: How Social Justice Advocates can Promote Diversity for All People in a Period of Intolerance, Achievement Week, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/2017.
  • Access to Remedy: Treaty Talks and the Terms of a New Accountability Accord, United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva . Presentation, Presented, 11/2017.
  • Combatting Corruption: Transparency, Certification and Codes of Conduct to Change the Fate of Myanmar’s Forests, Ingram Colloquium Improving Environmental Governance in Developing Countries, UNSW Sydney . Presentation, Presented, 11/2017.
  • Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility by Reporting and Ranking, HEC Law Paris . Presentation, Presented, 11/2017.
  • Incorporating Rights: Coding CSR Commitments, Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association Conference, Santa Clara University . Presentation, Presented, 07/2017.
  • Incorporating Rights: Ranking Corporate Respect for Human Rights, Lutie Writing Workshop, University of Michigan . Presentation, Presented, 07/2017.
  • Transformation through Transparency: Human Rights in Global Food Supply Chains, Law & Society Association . Presentation, Presented, 06/2017.
  • International Trade and Human Rights Impacts, University of Cape Town. Presentation, Presented, 05/2017.
  • The Voluntary Principles on Security: Multi-stakeholder Initiatives and Respect for Human Rights in the Extractives Sector, Occidental College . Presentation, Presented, 04/2017.
  • Transformation through Transparency: Human Rights Corporate Responsibilities and Certifications in the Global Food System, University of Texas, Austin . Presentation, Presented, 04/2017.
  • Sustainability and Diversity Panel, University of Utah . Panel, Presented, 03/2017.
  • Business and Human Rights Recent Developments, University of Connecticut . Presentation, Presented, 03/2017.
  • Food Security and Sustainability, University of California, Irvine . Presentation, Presented, 03/2017.
  • Imagining Equity in South Africa’s International Economic Agreements and Social Inclusion: Justice Moseneke and Economic Justice, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Presentation, Presented, 12/2016.
  • Environmental Justice and Race in the United States: International Human Rights and Equal Environmental Protection, University of Alabama. Presentation, Presented, 09/2016.
  • Competition and Choice: Activist Investors as Ethical Enforcement Agents, Brigham Young University School of Law, SLC, UT. Presentation, Presented, 09/2016.
  • The Role of Reporting: Information and Concerned Constituencies as Business Ethics Enforcement Agents, University of Iowa. Presentation, Presented, 07/2016.
  • Change and Voluntary Codes of Conduct: Corporate Rhetoric and Self-Regulation, American Bar Foundation. Presentation, Presented, 07/2016.
  • International Human Rights: Legal, Political and Policy Frameworks Applicable to the Extractive Industries, Panama City, Panama. Presentation, Presented, 02/2016.
  • Access to Remedy: Treaty Talks and the Terms of New Accountability Accord, International Commission of Justice, Geneva Switzerland. Presentation, Presented, 11/2015.
  • Information and Accountability: Regulating the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights Through Ranking and Reporting, New York University School of Law. Presentation, Presented, 07/2015.
  • Incorporating Rights: The Role of Lawyers in Business and the Human Rights Movement, Harvard Law School, Center on the Legal Profession. Presentation, Presented, 04/2015.
  • Overloading Human Rights, American Society of International Law Annual Meeting. Presentation, Presented, 04/2015.
  • Incorporating Rights: Access to Medicines and the Pharmaceutical Industry Sector Georgetown Law, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. Presentation, Presented, 04/2015.
  • The Human Right to Water and Corporate Responsibility: Selected Case Studies from Emerging Market Economies, Washington & Lee University School of Law. Presentation, Presented, 03/2015.
  • Incorporating Rights: The Evolution and Implications of International Corporate Responsibility Initiatives, Washington & Lee University School of Law. Presentation, Presented, 11/2014.
  • Transformation through Transparency: Human Rights and Corporate Responsibilities in the Global Food System, UCLA School of Law. Presentation, Presented, 11/2014.
  • Empowerment Rights and the Status of Women: Global Standards and Local Strategies to Promote Equality, Utah Women’s Giving Circle. Presentation, Presented, 05/2014.
  • Implementing Dodd-Frank 1502/1504 Advancing Human Rights through Financial Reporting, University of Connecticut Dodd Research Center. Presentation, Presented, 04/2014.
  • Incorporating Rights: Child Labor in African Agriculture and the Challenge of Changing Practices in the Cocoa Industry, University of California Davis School of Law. Presentation, Presented, 04/2014.
  • Incorporating Rights: Corporate Responsibility, Conscious Communities and Transnational Order, Northwestern University School of Law. Presentation, Presented, 11/2013.
  • Incorporating Rights: Empire, Global Enterprise and Global Justice, West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, WV. Panel, Presented, 09/2013.
  • Trading in Peace and Conflict: Colombian Farmers and the U.S. Free Trade Agreement, University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. Presentation, Presented, 08/2013.
  • Sovereign Powers and Corporate Personhood in International Law: Charter Corporations and the Colonial Project, Cornell Law School Summer Institute at Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France. Presentation, Presented, 07/2013.
  • Free Expression and Intellectual Property Ownership in Conflict: Reflections on Genes, Gender, Race and the ACLU’s Challenge to Myriad Genetics, Law & Society Association. Panel, Presented, 06/2013.
  • The FDA’s Authority Over Labeling: Current Ironies and Future Improvements, Boston Petrie-Flom Center Harvard Law School, Cambridge MA (with Leslie Francis & Robin Craig). Panel, Presented, 05/2013.
  • Incorporating Rights: Imperialism and Evolving Accounts of Corporate Identity and Responsibility, University of St. Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis, MN. Panel, Presented, 04/2013.
  • Feminism and the Future of African International Legal Scholarship, American Society of International Law Annual Meeting, Washington DC. Panel, Presented, 04/2013.
  • Change: Engendering Equality at the Intersection of Culture and Commerce, Albany Law School, Albany NY. Presentation, Presented, 04/2013.
  • From Guiding Principles to Global Architecture: Business and Human Rights, University of Connecticut (roundtable participant). Presentation, Presented, 03/2013.
  • The International Impact of Extractive Industries, Loyola University Chicago School of Law (February 2013). Panel, Presented, 02/2013.
  • Incorporating Rights, University of Washington School of Law (January 2013). Presentation, Presented, 01/2013.
  • Scholarship as Service to Self and Others, Association of American Law Schools Workshop for New Law Teachers. Presentation, Presented, 06/2012.
  • Tweeting to Topple Tyranny: Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility, Law & Society Association Annual Meeting. Presentation, Presented, 06/2012.
  • Conflict Commerce: Congo’s Minerals, Corporate Social Responsibility and Supply Chain Transparency, North Carolina Central University. Presentation, Presented, 04/2012.
  • Stones of Hope: How African Activists Reclaim Human Rights to Challenge Global Poverty, African Public Interest Law Gathering at University of Witwatersrand Law (commentator). Presentation, Presented, 12/2011.
  • Tweeting to Topple Tyranny: Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility, Annual Lecture for the Centre for Business Ethics at University College London Law School. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/2011.
  • Third World Approaches to International Law: Capitalism and the Common Good Roundtable, University of Oregon School of Law. Panel, Presented, 10/2011.
  • Contrasting Models of Corporate Social Responsibility: Overcoming Management Myopia by Taking the Long View, University of Oslo (commentator). Presentation, Presented, 08/2011.
  • Scholarship as Service to Self and Others, Association of American Law Schools Workshop for Pre-tenured People of Color. Presentation, Presented, 06/2011.
  • Framing the Rule of Law Discussion in Sub-Saharan Africa, Rebuilding Sierra Leone: Changing Institutions and Culture Conference, University of South Carolina. Panel, Presented, 04/2011.
  • The World of Women from the Womb to Working the Night Shift: Gender and Corporate Social Responsibility in India, American Bar Foundation. Presentation, Presented, 04/2011.
  • Knowledge, Domination and the Public in Africa, Dahlem Conference, Freie Universitat Berlin/Max-Planck-Institut fur Ethnologische Forschung (discussant). Presentation, Presented, 03/2011.
  • The Human Right to Health and HIV/AIDS: South-South Cooperative Efforts to Fight Infectious Disease and Reframe Global Intellectual Property Principles, South Africa Study Group New York Law School. Presentation, Presented, 02/2011.
  • Free Expression and Intellectual Property Ownership in Conflict: Reflections on Genes, Gender and the Right to Health, University of Cape Town. Presentation, Presented, 12/2010.
  • Linking Corporate Practices to Human Rights Abuses: The New Approach to Accountability, ABA Section of International Law Fall Meeting. Presentation, Presented, 11/2010.
  • The World of Women from the Womb to Working the Night Shift: Gender and Corporate Social Responsibility in India, Emory University School of Law Feminism and Legal Theory Workshop on Vulnerability and the Corporation (October 2010). Presentation, Presented, 10/2010.
  • Gender and Globalization, Law and Society Association (June 2010). Presentation, Presented, 06/2010.
  • Human Rights and Legal Systems in the Global South, Indiana University Journal of Global Legal Studies, Apr. 2010. Presentation, Presented, 04/2010.
  • Globalization and the Human Rights Protection Gap: Corporate Social Responsibility Compacts to Close the Distance, Vanderbilt University School of Law. Presentation, Presented, 02/2010.
  • Human Rights Human Security: Finding Food for a Sustainable Future, American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, panelist Food Security, the Financial Crisis, and International Regulation: Perspectives from Africa. Panel, Presented, 01/2010.
  • Reproductive Rights, Human Rights and the Right to Health, Case Western Reserve. Presentation, Presented, 01/2010.
  • See No Evil? Revisiting Early Visions of the Social Responsibility of Business, Seattle University, Center on Corporations, Law and Society. Panel, Presented, 11/2009.
  • Soft Law and Self-Regulation to Promote Corporate Compliance with Human Rights, Drexel University. Presentation, Presented, 09/2009.
  • Gender Based Asylum Claims from Africa and FGM, Film Review: Mrs. Gounod's Daughter, panelist, Sundance Inst. Presentation, Presented, 09/2009.
  • The Intersection of Identity and HIV/AIDS: South-South Cooperative Efforts to Fight Infectious Disease, Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Presentation, Presented, 07/2009.
  • The Role of Law in Restoration, Recovery and Accountability, Catholic University, Access to Justice Symposium, Buenos Aries, Argentina. Presentation, Presented, 06/2009.
  • Women's Rights as Human Rights: Reproductive Rights in Latin America, Los Andes University, Santiago, Chile. Presentation, Presented, 06/2009.
  • Human Rights Universalism, Cultural Relativism and the Right to Health in the Context of South Africa's HIV/AIDS Crisis, University of Utah. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2009.
  • Gender Discrimination: A Comparison of Constitutional Approaches in South Africa and the United States, Stellenbosch University, Colloquium Constitutional Rights in Two Worlds: A Constitutional Dialogue, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Presentation, Presented, 03/2009.
  • A Discussion of a Human Rights Approach to Reproductive Rights, University of Colorado School of Law, Roundtable on Reproductive Rights and Human Rights in the Legal Academy. Presentation, Presented, 10/2008.
  • High Tech Trash: The Afterlife of Your Computer in Asia and Africa, moderator, Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment and Salt Lake City Public Library. Presentation, Presented, 10/2008.
  • ACLU Freedom Files: Freedom to Vote Protecting the Ballot, panelist, Utah ACLU and Salt Lake City Arts Center. Presentation, Presented, 10/2008.
  • The Cost of Conducting Business Consciously: Reflections on the Role of Corporate Social Responsibility, Chapman University Law School. Presentation, Presented, 02/2008.

Languages

  • French, functional.
  • Spanish, basic.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Egypt
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • South Africa