<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Dear colllegues!</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">I will definitely support it!</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;"><font face="Tahoma">Sincerely,<br />Dr. Andrey A. Shcherbovich<br />Associate Professor,</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;"><font face="Tahoma">Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law,<br />National Research University<br />Higher School of Economics</font></div></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">27.09.2018, 18:15, "lb@lucabelli.net" <lb@lucabelli.net>:</div><blockquote xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" type="cite"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #C2C2C2;padding-left:3px;margin-left:4px;"><div><p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d;">Dear all,</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d;">Please find below a forwarded email from Surya Deva of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights. They are seeking signatures from academics (<u style="text-decoration:underline;">must have academic affiliation</u>) for an open letter that aims to advance the zero draft of the <strong> Business and Human Rights treaty</strong>. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d;">If you or your colleagues have an interest in this particular initiative, please direct emails directly to Surya (see contact below) by <strong>28 September</strong>. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d;">All the best,</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d;">Luca </span></p><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:0px;"><tbody><tr style="height:78pt;"><td rowspan="2" valign="top" width="298" style="width:223.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:78pt;"><p align="right" style="text-align:right;"><span style="color:#1f497d;font-family:arial,sans-serif;"><img alt="http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio.jpg" width="209" height="57" src="cid:5bacf39f42b99" /></span></p></td><td valign="top" width="311" style="width:233.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:78pt;"><p style="margin-left:7.5pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0096d6;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Luca Belli, PhD</span></strong></p><p style="margin-left:7.5pt;"><em><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#7f7f7f;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation</span></em></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:7.5pt;"><span style="color:#848486;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><img alt="http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_tel.jpg" width="11" height="10" src="cid:5bacf39f55340" /><span>+55 21 3799</span> </span><strong><span style="color:#1d3064;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">5763</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#00b0f0;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#00b0f0;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">t</span></strong><span style="color:#00b0f0;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><a href="https://twitter.com/1lucabelli"><span style="color:#00b0f0;">@1lucabelli</span></a></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:7.5pt;"><span style="color:#848486;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><img alt="http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio_map.jpg" width="11" height="15" border="0" src="cid:5bacf39f60337" />Praia de Botafogo, 190 13º andar</span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:7.5pt;"><span style="color:#848486;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - CEP: <span>22250-900</span></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:7.5pt;"><span style="color:#1f497d;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><img alt="http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_email.jpg" width="15" height="15" border="0" src="cid:5bacf39f6bed0" /> </span><span style="color:#00b0f0;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><a href="mailto:luca.belli@fgv.br"><span style="color:#00b0f0;">luca.belli@fgv.br</span></a></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:7.5pt;"><span style="color:#0096d6;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><img alt="http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg" width="15" height="1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ng="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;">.  </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;">Apologies in advance for cross-posting. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;">Best</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;">Surya </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="background:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;">-------------------------------<br />Surya Deva </span></p><p style="background:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;">Associate Professor</span></p><p style="background:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;">School of Law, City University of Hong Kong<br />83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong</span></p><p style="background:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;">Tel.: <span>(852) 3442 7370</span><br />Fax: <span>(852) 3442 0190</span></span></p><p style="background:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;">Skype: surya.deva </span></p><p style="background:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;">Twitter: @<a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ProfSuryaDeva">ProfSuryaDeva</a></span></p><p style="background:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="background:white;"><em><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/human-rights/building-treaty-business-and-human-rights-context-and-contours?format=HB#HMZi06S2oKfkjSfR.97"><span style="color:red;">Building a Treaty on Business and Human Rights: Context and Contours</span></a> </span></em></p><p style="background:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/human-rights/human-rights-obligations-business-beyond-corporate-responsibility-respect"><em><span style="color:black;">Human Rights Obligations of Business: Beyond the Corporate Responsibility to Respect?</span></em></a></span></p><p style="background:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415715270/"><em><span style="color:green;">Regulating Corporate Human Rights Violations: Humanizing Business </span></em></a></span></p><p style="background:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;">Some of Surya's papers are available on <a target="_blank" href="http://ssrn.com/author=403831"><span style="color:#0000cc;">SSRN</span></a></span></p></div><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> </span></p><p><em><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#26282a;font-size:10pt;">Disclaimer: This email (including any attachments) is for the use of the intended recipient only and may contain confidential information and/or copyright material. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email and all copies from your system. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or other form of unauthorized dissemination of the contents is expressly prohibited.</span></em></p></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote>,<p>---<br />To unsubscribe: <mailto:<a href="mailto:igc-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net">igc-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net</a>><br />List help: <<a href="https://riseup.net/lists">https://riseup.net/lists</a>></p></blockquote><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;"><font face="Tahoma">Sincerely,<br />Dr. Andrey A. Shcherbovich<br />Associate Professor,</font></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;text-align:start;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;"><font face="Tahoma">Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law,<br />National Research University<br />Higher School of Economics<br /><br /><br />С уважением,<br />Щербович Андрей Андреевич,<br />к.ю.н., доцент кафедры конституционного<br />и административного права</font></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </div>