HELP course on Business and Human Rights

This HELP course on Business and Human Rights is part of a series of courses created by the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals in the European Union member states (HELP in the EU) aiming to support legal professionals and to enhance their capacities to effectively and coherently apply European fundamental rights standards at the national level. This course is addressed to legal professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers). It aims at enabling legal professionals to understand the relationship between business and human rights, the international frameworks that govern this interaction and the duties and responsibilities that are in turn imposed upon businesses. The course will provide expert led education to increase awareness that all businesses, not just states, have an explicit role in the realization of human rights through a worldwide responsibility to respect them and implement best practice. The course consists of the following 5 substantive modules: Introduction, Pillar One: the State Duty to Protect, Pillar Two: the Corporate Responsibility to Respect, Pillar Three: an Effective Remedy and Extraterritoriality. If you are interested in this course or another, you simply need to register in order to access the website resources. An explanatory document is available to make it easier for new persons to find their way around the site. To access the course, firstly you need to open yourself an account at HELP website. Once logged in to the HELP platform you can click here to access the course directly.