Dean Bravo's Latest Book Launched at UN Forum
12/01/2015
Associate Dean Karen Bravo’s latest work, The Business and Human Rights Landscape: Moving Forward, Looking Back, was launched as part of the proceedings of the fourth annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. The event was November 16 through 18 in Geneva, Switzerland. Dean Bravo was part of the proceedings.
Published by Cambridge University Press, Dean Bravo co-edited the work with Professor Jena Martin of West Virginia University College of Law. The book offers analysis of changes made by the 2011 adoption of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The new principles are the first global standards for preventing human rights abuses by businesses. It was published by Cambridge University Press.
In the photo from left are contributors and co-editors of the work Erika George, Marcia Narine, Lisa LaPlante, Dean Bravo, Michael Addo, Jena Martin, Larry Catá Backer, and Jernej Letnar ?erni?.
"After two years of the collaboration bringing the volume to fruition, the opportunity to launch the volume at the UN Fourth Annual Business and Human Rights Forum was a capstone experience," Dean Bravo said. "The experience of contributing to this emerging field of study at the UN where experts and participants in the field are gathered was especially gratifying. "
Dean Bravo is a Dean’s Fellow and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and International Affairs at IU McKinney. She is a well-known international law scholar, and an expert in the study of human trafficking.
