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Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

Extracting Natural Resources: Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Law

Type: Full Committee Hearing
Date:
Time: 10:45am
Location: Hart 216

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law on "Extracting Natural Resources: Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Law" for Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at 10:45 a.m. in Room 216 of the Senate Hart Office Building.

Chairman Durbin will preside.

Member Statements

Panel I

  • Jeffrey Krilla

    Deputy Assistant Secretary
    Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State
    Washington, DC
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Panel II

  • Ka Hsaw Wa

    Co-Founder and Executive Director, EarthRights International
    Ka Hsaw Wa is a pseudonym used to protect his ability to investigate human rights abuses and to protect his family members still living in Burma.
    Washington, DC
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  • Nnimmo Bassey

    Executive Director
    Environmental Rights Action
    Lagos, Nigeria
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  • Bennett Freeman

    Senior Vice President for Social Research and Policy
    Calvert
    Washington, DC
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  • Arvind Ganesan

    Director for Business and Human Rights
    Human Rights Watch
    Washington, DC
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