Activities

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In addition to conducting impactful research, the A2J Lab team offers pro bono assistance to rights-holders affected by corporate activities, builds capacity of various stakeholders across Asia Pacific, and participates in national, regional and international events.

Pro bono assistance

A2J Lab provides pro bono assistance to the affected individuals and communities in selected cases in securing access to justice through non-judicial mechanisms such as complaints to National Contact Points or the UN Special Procedures.

We primarily focus on alleged abuses in Asia Pacific or linked to companies based in Australia and Asia Pacific. In collaboration with partner organisations, the Lab is currently working on cases in the Cook Islands, Colombia, Fiji, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Capacity building

A2J Lab builds capacity of various stakeholders such as government officials, corporate executives, civil society organisations, trade unions, lawyers and law students about international standards concerning business and human rights. One of our primary focus areas is raising awareness about access to justice mechanisms, tools and strategies.

The Lab’s Director, Professor Surya Deva, is frequently invited to give lectures or offer intensive training courses across Asia Pacific. He also teaches business and human rights courses in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Hong Kong.

The Lab’s Deputy Director, Dr Ebony Birchall, delivers seminars on strategic litigation or non-judicial mechanisms purposed to seek access to justice. She also runs Macquarie University’s Strategic Litigation Clinic which seeks to deliver training on strategic litigation as well as to develop case ideas.