The Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights (GCBHR) was founded in 2019 at the University of Geneva’s School of Economics and Management (UNIGE-GSEM) as the first business and human rights center at a business school in Europe. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Dorothée Baumann-Pauly, the GCBHR educates future business leaders and supports companies in developing business models that align profits and human rights principles.
GBSN for BHR 10th annual meeting
The Geneva School of Economics and Management, the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, and the Global Business School Network (GBSN) invite educators and leaders who are affiliated with a business school or teach business students to the GBSN for Business and Human Rights Impact Community 10th Annual Meeting on Monday November 23, 2026 from 9 am to 11 am in Geneva and online.
RSVP via the registration link
Forthcoming Book - Transforming Business in Global Supply Chains
The Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights at the University of Geneva and the Australian Human Rights Institute at the University of New South Wales are collaborating to support transformative business practices.
There is an urgent need to develop more sustainable business practices. For too long, business and human rights debates have focused on corporate harm without showing what responsible business looks like in practice. This project shifts the focus.
Drawing on original field research across six industries and multiple geographies, we reverse-engineer human rights due diligence from the companies that have genuinely achieved it - and distil the core components of business model transformation that make the difference between box-ticking and real change.
Learn more here.
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