The Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal strives to provide a broad range of perspectives on human rights and development. The journal is edited by students and is published in online and print editions. It includes articles by top legal scholars, notes from practitioners, student notes, and book reviews.

 The journal welcomes pieces that draw from different areas within the law, including constitutional law, economic regulation, international law, and institutional reform. Authors may address issues that arise in national (including U.S.) and international contexts, in both developed and developing countries. In light of the interdisciplinary nature of human rights and development, YHRDLJ scholarship often draws upon other fields, such as political science, economics, health, and sociology.

Saturday, March 8, 2008
Symposium: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Extractive Industries

The Editors of Volume XI of the Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Journal's inaugural Symposium on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Extractive Industries.

The Symposium proposes to explore a broad range of topics at the intersection of business, human rights, and development, with a unique emphasis on mining, fossil fuels, forestry products, and other extractive industries. These industries present unique challenges and opportunities in the developing world. Their role and their impact upon human rights and development are deeply controversial. The Symposium hopes to generate thought-provoking discussion about a wide variety of questions related to its broad topic.

We invite attendance from scholars in law, development, economics, business, and other fields; students; development practitioners and policymakers; businesspeople; and other participants interested in this important topic.

The keynote address will be given by Gare Smith, partner at Foley Hoag LLP and co-founder of Foley Hoag’s Corporate Social Responsibility Practice Group. Dean Harold Koh of Yale Law School will give introductory remarks.

Panels and panelists include:

Corporations, Developing Countries, and the Resource Curse
- Professor Paul Collier (Oxford University)
- Sarah Pray (Publish What you Pay, Washington, D.C.)
- Lisa Laplante (Praxis Institute for Social Justice, Princeton University)

Legalism vs. Voluntarism: Assessing Modes of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Extractive Industries
- Professor Sara Seck (University of Western Ontario)
- Richard Herz (EarthRights International, Washington D.C.)
- Matthew Genasci (Revenue Watch, New York)
- Prof. Adam McBeth (Monash University, Melbourne Australia)

The Engagement Paradox: Should Extractive Industry Corporations do Business in Failed States and
Conflict Zones?
- Matthew Smith (EarthRights International, Thailand)
- Naing Htoo (Earth Rights International, Thailand)
- Prof. Hannibal Travis (Florida International University)

The Future of CSR
- Professor Christiana Ochoa (Indiana University)
- Suzanne Spears (WilmerHale, London)- Chris Deri (Edelman PR, New York)

Please visit http://www.yale.edu/yhrdlj for registration, symposium schedule and panelist bios. For more information, please contact csr-symposium@yale.edu