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DESCRIPTION:\n	&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n	Join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy f
 or a talk on business\, civic freedom\, and human rights guidelines for co
 rporations. Bennett Freeman\, Principal of Bennett Freeman Associates LLC 
 will present. Irit Tamir\, Director of the Private Sector Department at Ox
 fam America\, will serve as a discussant.\n\n\n\n	&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n	About:\n\n
 \n\n	Multinational corporations face growing expectations to take stands on
  social and political issues at a time when civil society space is closing
  around the world\, both in democracies and autocracies alike. &nbsp\;A re
 cent report\, Shared Space Under Pressure: Business Support for Civic Free
 doms and Human Rights Defenders\, proposes an important and urgent new age
 nda that presents challenging dilemmas for companies and civil society ali
 ke as well as implications for governments and international institutions.
  &nbsp\;The report establishes a normative responsibility for companies to
  act in certain circumstances and addresses the spectrum of actions that t
 hey can take\, referring to recent examples in different industries and re
 gions.The Shared Space Under Pressure report was commissioned by the Busin
 ess and Human Rights Resource Centre and International Service for Human R
 ights and will be presented by Bennett Freeman\, its lead author. &nbsp\;F
 reeman is Principal of Bennett Freeman Associates LLC\, Chair of the Advis
 ory Board of Global Witness\, and Board Secretary of the Global Network In
 itiative. &nbsp\;Freeman was Senior Vice President for Sustainability Rese
 arch and Policy at Calvert Investments from 2006-15 and served as a Clinto
 n presidential appointee at the U.S. Department of State in three position
 s\, including as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy\, Human Rights a
 nd Labor from 1999-2001.\n\n\n\n	&nbsp\;\n\n
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191021T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191021T131500
LAST-MODIFIED:20200211T173214Z
LOCATION:B-L-4 Hauser Conference Room 
SUMMARY:Shared Space Under Pressure: Business Support for Civic Freedoms an
 d Human Rights Defenders-Guidance for Companies
URL;TYPE=URI:https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/shared-space-under-pr
 essure-business-support-civic-freedoms-and-human-rights-defenders
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