Date: March 20, 2015 10:30am–4:30pm
Location: Herbert Smith Freehills | Exchange House, Primrose Street, London

In November 2014, CCSI and the Institute for Human Rights and Business co-convened a colloquium on policy, law, contracts, and sustainable development, with a particular focus on large-scale investments in the extractive industries and the agriculture sector. The colloquium provided an opportunity for practitioners to share information on their related work, as well as to… read more

Date: Monday, February 9, and Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Location: Mining Indaba, Cape Town, South Africa

In November 2014, CCSI convened a one-day roundtable focused on lessons learned from good governance initiatives for extractive industry investments and large land-based agricultural investments. The roundtable brought together a range of stakeholders working on extractive industry investments and/or land-based forestry and agricultural investments, including representatives from civil society, government, academia, and the private sector…. read more

In January 2015, CCSI sent a memo to President Obama to provide input on the U.S. National Action Plan on responsible business conduct. The memo applauded the U.S. Government’s decision to develop a National Action Plan consistent with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, noting… read more

CCSI, the Sciences Po Law School Clinic, and the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute have published an outcome document of a one-day roundtable focused on the opportunities and challenges presented by human rights impact assessments (HRIAs) of large-scale foreign investments. The document aims to support HRIA practitioners, company officials, civil society representatives, and other stakeholders focused on human rights and foreign investment in further reflection on the objectives and methods of HRIAs.

Date: November 11, 2014 9:00am-5:30pm
Location: Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Annex

Periodic review mechanisms, provisions in contracts that formally require parties to meet at particular intervals to review the terms of the contract or license and consider whether circumstances have changed since the parties’ initial agreement, are a mechanism that may smooth the process of dealing with inevitable changes in circumstances over the long term of extractive industries contracts. This brief looks at the use of such mechanisms in contracts to date, to understand the purposes for which they may usefully be applied.

Date: June 9, 2014 8:00am – June 20, 2014 5:00pm
Location: Columbia University, New York

Key Online Publications ESMAP – World Bank – Experiences with Oil Funds: Institutional and Financial Aspects (2006) IDS – The Political Economy of Stabilisation Funds: Measuring Their Success in Resource-Dependent Countries (2011) Institute of Economics (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) – Fiscal Institutions in Resource-Rich Economies: Lessons from Chile and Norway (2012) IMF – Fiscal… read more