Columbia Human Rights Graduate Fellowship: Corporate Legal Accountability Fellow

• Support communities and legal advocates in accessing remedy through strategic litigation against companies for alleged human rights abuses, whilst contributing to cutting-edge research and advocacy on corporate accountability
• Develop BHRC's flagship just energy transition litigation portfolio, researching new cases and analysing strategic trends to strengthen rights-based lawsuits brought by Indigenous Peoples and frontline communities
• Organise advocacy initiatives on the UN legally binding instrument to regulate transnational corporations, including webinars, expert liaison and monitoring of intergovernmental sessions
• Build and expand BHRC's Strategic Litigation Network in Africa, connecting lawyers, NGOs and human rights defenders to share strategies, tools and good practices for corporate accountability
• Research legal information and draft lawsuit profiles for BHRC's database of 300+ global cases, enabling legal practitioners and affected people to track litigation trends and improve access to legal remedy

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