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Strategic Leadership in Human Rights and Humanitarian Business Practices

Businesses are some of the most powerful human institutions, with vast resources, influence, and global reach. As such, they have a profound impact not only on economies but also on the societies and environments in which they operate. It is essential that business leaders recognize their responsibility to operate ethically, promote human rights, and advance societal well-being. This course aims to equip future leaders with the tools, knowledge, and professional capacities necessary to manage businesses with a heightened sense of responsibility toward human rights and humanitarian issues.

Exam info and full course description

Exam info and full course description can be found in the course catalogue.

Admission Requirements

Course specific:

To apply for the course, you must have passed a Bachelor's degree in Business Economics, Business Administration, or an equivalent degree.

General:

Exchange Students: nomination from your home university

Freemovers: documentation for English Language proficiency

You can read more about the admission here.

Lecturer

Joao Guilherme Casagrande Martinelli Lima Granja Xavier da Silva

jcasagrande@oas.org

Academic profile

Joao Guilherme Casagrande Martinelli Lima Granja Xavier da Silva Is a human rights specialist, with his main academic focus on Global Public Policy; Comparative Public Policy Analysis; Migrations and Asylum Policies and Law; Human Rights; Human Security; International Affairs; Humanitarian Action; Social Development; Multiculturalism; Migration Governance; Social Participation; Local Integration and Livelihoods; Institutional Change; Comparative Law and Policy.

He obtained his doctorate with the title "For Humanitarian Reasons: Citizenships, Public Policies, and Juridical Sensibilities in Transformation under Brazilian Migratory Reform" in 2017 from the University of Brasilia UnB, Brazil.