Why businesses are nothing without strong human rights
Activism and profit-making aren't obvious bedfellows – but prosperity depends on civic freedoms won by those willing to risk their lives. Corporations have a duty to back them up.
Mauricio Lazala is Deputy Director at the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, where he has worked for the past 11 years. As part of the senior management team, he is involved in strategic & financial decisions at the organization, he oversees the Latin America and London researchers, and he also manages work streams such as "Civic Freedoms & Human Rights Defenders" and "Major Sporting Events". Mauricio previously worked at the International Criminal Court, at the Mexican Commission for the Protection & Defence of Human Rights, and at B'Tselem (Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories). Since 2014 he is on the Board of Director at EIRIS Foundation – Empowering Responsible Investment. Mauricio has a Law degree (honours) from University of Cambridge, and a BA in Political Sciences and History from Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Activism and profit-making aren't obvious bedfellows – but prosperity depends on civic freedoms won by those willing to risk their lives. Corporations have a duty to back them up.
Tanto la sociedad civil como las empresas necesitan el mismo tipo de entorno para progresar. Una empresa exitosa depende de sociedades abiertas que respeten los derechos y de la defensa d...
3.2 billion people live in countries where civic space is either repressed or non-existent. Without action from the business world, things will only get worse.