IDP Business and Human Rights

Shuvra Dey studied law at Stamford University Bangladesh and received his LL.M. degree from South Asian University, New Delhi, where he majored in public international law. He also holds a master’s degree in Human Rights from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Recently, he completed Critical Legal Training from the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), where he worked with the ECCHR’s Business and Human Rights team. Prior to that, he worked for the department of law & human rights of RPSU, Bangladesh, and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO).

Shuvra Dey’s PhD thesis analyses the systematic acquisition of indigenous land by companies and the involvement of the state and aims to conceptualize their responsibilities in relation to indigenous rights. The thesis presents a real-life case showing the adverse impacts of franchise arrangements on the human rights of indigenous peoples and examines the extent to which companies must exercise human rights due diligence in order to address such impacts.