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The Financial Services Human Rights Benchmark Project and its Potential Applicability to South Africa’s Financial Sector

By:   ['Yolanda Booyzen']

Date: 2021-09-02 13:54:37+02:00

Invitation: Discussion - The Financial Services Human Rights Benchmark Project and its Potential Applicability to South Africa’s Financial Sector

The Project on Public Finance and Human Rights cordially invites you to attend an online discussion entitled, “The Financial Services Human Rights Benchmark Project and its Potential Applicability to South Africa’s Financial Sector”.

The Financial Services Human Rights Benchmark measures the compliance of the financial sector with their commitments to ESG and human rights standards. It applies a set of bespoke human rights categories to the principal operational domains of financial entities and according to their main levels of institutional management. It focuses on the 22 largest financial services entities on the ASX. The utility of the Benchmark therefore lies in showing not just where financial institutions are failing but also where the opportunities lie for them to improve or even excel.

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Event details

Wednesday 15 September 2021

08:00 SAST / 16:00 AEST

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Speakers

Prof David Kinley

Chair in Human Rights Law, University of Sydney; Expert Member, Doughty Street Chambers, London

Chair in Human Rights Law, University of Sydney; Expert Member, Doughty Street Chambers, London Dr Kym Sheehan

Lead Designer, Financial Services Human Rights Benchmark

Lead Designer, Financial Services Human Rights Benchmark Tracey Davies

Executive Director, Just Share

The event will be live streamed on Facebook and YouTube.

For more information, please contact

Marie-Louis Aren

Institute for Development Law in Africa

Centre for Human Rights

Faculty of Law

University of Pretoria

marie-louise.aren@up.ac.za
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