8 children killed in Israeli strike while playing foozeball, CNN reports, showing, w/permission, faces and bodies of the dead & the cries of grieving parents. Every 10 min a child is killed or injured in Gaza, per reporter Jeremy Diamond.

And now think of the 25,000 tons of explosives (equivalent to two nuclear bombs) used against buildings largely identified as targets by Artificial Intelligence, the unguided munitions (“dumb bombs”) and 2000-pound “bunker buster” bombs launched on densely populated areas and

What an intensive week on due diligence in the digital era. At TMC Asser Instituut, distinguished colleagues held days-long fruitful discussions. My great pleasure to join and learn from your expertise. Great thanks to our wonderful co-chairs Antoine Duval Klaas Hendrik Eller .👏👏👏

#CSDDD

The final shot of an intense (& sunny !) week TMC Asser Instituut on the technologies of sustainability #DueDiligence .

26 speakers & 20 participants survived 1000s of questions.

Many thanks @Klaaseller from Amsterdam Law School for partnering on this adventure!

#BizHumanRights #CSDDD #UNGPs

Galit Sarfaty's (University of Toronto) wonderful keynote on the technopolitics & chains of translation behind due diligence, drawing on her rich ethnographic work on Sedex & the Responsible Minerals Initiative concludes our Spring Academy between TMC Asser Instituut & Amsterdam Law School with Antoine Duval.

Our closing panel turns to the future of digital tools in value chain governance: Current landscape combines tools with a history in management & worker inclusion. How can data economies of scale serve workers?

Big thx to Christian Scheper, Dr Lea Esterhuizen & Luc Fransen (@UvA_AISSR)

Ich hätte mir nicht träumen lassen, dass eine deutsche Regierung nach 1945 dem Rektor einer britischen Universität ein Einreiseverbot erteilen würde. Und ich bin ernsthaft bestürzt, wie schnell wir auf dem Weg in den Autoritarismus vorankommen.

Further exploring the range of value chain IT and their role in compliance: Nanne Tolsma of Satelligence shows the complexities of deforestation data required for the EUDR, and Antoine Heuty, founder of Ulula lays out chances & limits of digital worker & community engagement.

Fantastic days in Tilburg were followed by fantastic days in The Hague at Asser. Thank you Klaas Hendrik Eller and Antoine Duval for inviting me and all participants for discussions, critical questions, controversies and productive collective thinking about digitally-mediated value chains.

How do AI based supply chain due diligence technologies map the chain, prioritize risks & recommend action? How are human rights risks coded, interpreted & visualized on the dashboard?

Engaged workshop with @Prewave & critical discussions on day 3 of our TMC Asser Instituut Academy.

Energizing day 1 of our Spring Academy ft. discussions w/ regulators (OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives, European Commission) on the problems in sustainability regulation that tech can &cannot address, & what public solutions might do. Larry Backer's keynote exposed 'techno-bureaucracies' of due diligence.

A Copa do Mundo e o poder transformador do esporte. Entender limites é valorizar conquistas. Direitos Humanos e sua universalidade têm freios locais, específicos de cada local, enraizados na cultura. Nesses casos, a transformação é mais lenta. Ótimo documento do German Law Journal

Excited about Larry Backer's talk (and his notorious slides!) tomorrow, Mon TMC Asser Instituut & Amsterdam Law School.

Was due diligence always supposed to become a techno-bureaucracy, and whom does this 'digital turn' (dis-)empower?

Online registration still open: asser.nl/education-even…

Join us this afternoon (16:30 CET) for Larry Backer’s exciting online lecture looking at the future of digitally mediated sustainability #duediligence .

Register at asser.nl/education-even…

#BizHumanRights #CSDDD #UNGPs

Looking ahead at a packed Academy on technologies in value chain &sustainability regulation TMC Asser Instituut w/ Antoine Duval

In workshops w/ speakers from tech, policy, research, business & legal advocacy, we'll rethink digital regulatory infrastructures

Details: asser.nl/education-even…

Join us on Monday for an online lecture by Larry Backer titled: “You can’t stop the signal”: From the past to the future of digitally mediated sustainability #duediligence ?

Brought to you by TMC Asser Instituut & Amsterdam Law School.

Register: asser.nl/education-even…

#BizHumanRights #CSDDD

Philosophy professor Nancy Fraser, who is Jewish, has been uninvited from a guest professorship in Germany for signing a public letter in support of Palestine

Larry's public lecture kicks off our Spring Academy on (legal) tech behind value chain regulations TMC Asser Instituut & Amsterdam Law School, w/ Antoine Duval (April 8-12) & great speakers from tech, policy, law firms, business &academia.

Registrations still open. Details: asser.nl/education-even…

''You Can’t Stop the Signal': From the Past to the Future of Digitally Mediated Sustainability Due Diligence'

Public Lecture by Larry Catá Backer (Larry Backer Penn State Law) next Mon, April 8 at 16.30h online TMC Asser Instituut.

Free registration & details via asser.nl/education-even…

La France va (de nouveau) vivre une situation météorologique exceptionnelle ce week-end. Les 30°C pourraient être dépassés dans le sud et 25°C au nord.
Certaines simulations de la masse d'air d'altitude sont, pour l'heure, tout simplement hallucinantes (19-20°C à 850hPa -