Events

Past Event

Rethinking Essential: Business, Work, and Human Rights in the Covid-19 Pandemic -- A "COVID-19: Advancing Rights and Justice During a Pandemic" Event

May 14, 2020
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM
America/New_York
Online
This event is co-organized by Columbia Law's Human Rights Institute and Center for Gender and Sexuality Law. As society grapples with an unprecedented pandemic, the most vulnerable workers and communities bear the brunt of its immediate and long-term devastating effects, even as they provide essential services to our societies. But can the pandemic also present opportunities to address market failures and position workers’ rights as central to a more sustainable, just, and resilient economy? Join us for a talk with Anita Ramasastry (UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights), Alison Kiehl Friedman (ICAR), Kim Cordova (UFCW), and Janhavi Dave (Homenet South Asia); moderated by Aminta Ossom (Harvard) and grounded in the experiences of workers in the food and agricultural sector, and in the informal economy. This event is part of a virtual event series titled "COVID-19: Advancing Rights and Justice During a Pandemic." For information about other similar events and the series in general, visit tinyurl.com/COVID19JusticeSeries. The series is organized by the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, Duke Law’s International Human Rights Clinic, Columbia Law School’s Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, and Just Security. Free and open to the public. Join via Zoom at bit.ly/3e5G6Pl (password: 200022).

Contact Information

Columbia Law - Human Rights Institute