Indian appointed UN adviser on human rights and businesses

Indian appointed UN adviser on
Human rights and businesses

United Nations: Indian-origin law professor Surya Deva has been appointed by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council as an adviser on human rights and multinationals and businesseson it was announced on Saturday 26^th March 2016.

The Council approved in Geneva on Thursday, 24^th March 2016 his appointment to the position formally known as "Special Procedure Mandate Holder".

He will be a member of the four-member Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises.

Deva is an associate professor at the City University of Hong Kong's School of Law. He specialises in human rights and businesses, as well as Indian and Chinese constitutional law, corporate social responsibility and development.

According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the advisers report annually to the Council and in most cases to the UN General Assembly.