Native Title and Indigenous Heritage
True expertise, delivered commercially
Our global cross-practice team works with clients to identify and avoid risks to human rights, and to manage the associated risks to their own business.
Members of our practice have been involved in the development and implementation of core international standards in this area over the last decade – most importantly the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
We also offer market-leading expertise in public international law, crisis management and dispute resolution, working with clients across all major sectors and geographies to solve their most complex human rights challenges.
We can help you to:
Assisting a major retailer to investigate and respond to allegations of forced labour in its international supply chain.
Advising a global consumer goods company on a complaint submitted to the UK National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines relating to alleged human rights abuses by one of its overseas subsidiaries and in its supply chain.
Investigating and advising on allegations of labour law violations and other human rights abuses in the palm oil sector in a Southeast Asian country.
Defending a UK listed mining company against a major class action in the English courts relating to personal injury and other harms alleged to have been caused by the operations of a subsidiary.
Advising a major listed mining company on a multi-jurisdiction review of human rights related to the client’s participation in various joint-venture projects
Advising a global technology company on the human rights impacts of the use of their products and the implications for the business of allegations relating to the same.