Professor Deva has recently been appointed as the Asia-Pacific representative to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, whose mandate is to promote, support, and disseminate the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. In this interview IHRB’s Salil Tripathi and Professor Deva discuss the Working Group’s current strategy and plans for 2017. At the top of the Working Group’s agenda will be improving access to effective remedy for victims of human rights violations involving businesses. Surya Deva is an Associate Professor at the School of Law of City University of Hong Kong. His primary research interests lie in business and human rights, corporate social responsibility (CSR), India-China constitutional law, and sustainable development, publishing extensively in these areas. Deva recently wrote a background paper for India’s National Framework on Business and Human Rights. He is one of the founding Editors-in-Chief of the Business and Human Rights Journal, and sits on the Editorial Board of the Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights. In 2014, Deva was elected a Member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Constitutional Law.
IHRB's Salil Tripathi speaks with Professor Surya Deva, of the City University of Hong Kong, on his recent appointment to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and the Working Group's current plans for improving access to remedy.