Business and Human Rights Committee
The Law Council’s Business and Human Rights Committee was established by the Executive in September 2014. It was formed to develop a policy focus in the emerging field of business and human rights law, consider how the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (the Guiding Principles) can be implemented by Australian law firms, and raise awareness about the Guiding Principles for the legal profession.
Issues
The Business and Human Rights Committee responds to legal and policy issues on the following areas:
- developing networks with government, industry associations and key stakeholders to understand their work on business and human rights;
- providing feedback to government on the role of the legal profession in the implementation of the Guiding Principles;
- organising events on the Guiding Principles and their applicability to the legal profession;
- liaising with the Law Council’s Constituent Bodies on their engagement with business and human rights issues;
- supporting the development of a National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights for Australia;
- supporting the implementation of, and ongoing reforms to, the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth);
- utilising the Law Council’s Special Consultative Status to attend and participate in relevant UN business and human rights events; and
- looking at how business and human rights training can be incorporated into legal education.
Members
Membership is drawn from the Law Council's constituent bodies and also includes Special Advisers. The current members of the committee are:
- Greg Vickery AO (Chair) – Queensland Law Society
- Veena Bedekar – Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory
- Shanta Martin – Victorian Bar
- Abigail McGregor – Law Firms Australia
- Lori Middlehurst – Special Adviser
- Raffaele Piccolo – Expert Member
- Sunil Rao – Special Adviser
- Professor Paul Redmond – Special Adviser
- Amy Sinclair – Law Society of New South Wales
- Emily Turnbull – Law Firms Australia
- Rachel Webber – Business Law Section
- Vanessa Zimmerman – Special Adviser
Contacts
Dr Adam Fletcher
T. 02 6246 3708
E. adam.fletcher@lawcouncil.au
Chiara Angeloni
T. 02 6246 3742
E. chiara.angeloni@lawcouncil.au
Last Updated on 13/06/2025
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