Prof. Jan Eijsbouts project leader in Business and Human Rights International Arbitration Project
The Hague Institute for Global Justice is launching a project to resolve business and human rights disputes using international arbitration. The aim is to help provide access to remedy within the framework of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
The project will devise international arbitration rules that can be used by multinational corporations and people who claim their human rights have been harmed by the company, or by companies in their supply chain, to resolve conflicts.
The Hague Institute will coordinate this process. The project drafting committee will be headed by Prof. Bruno Simma, former judge at the International Court of Justice, judge at the US – Iran Claims Tribunal, and arbitrator in numerous stateEtoEstate and investorEstate disputes. Prof. Jan Eijsbouts of Maastricht University, member of the Working Group on International Business and Human Rights Arbitration, will be the project leader.
Read the full press release

Also read
-
Inaugural lecture Jan Willem van Prooijen
What drives people to embrace radical conspiracy theories, sometimes with far-reaching consequences for society? During his inaugural lecture on Friday 27 June, Prof. Dr. Jan Willem van Prooijen (radicalisation, extremism, and conspiracy thinking) will address this urgent question.
-
Globalisation & Law Network seminar with Rodrigo Vallejo Garretón
On 4 July 2025, the Globalisation & Law Network had the pleasure of welcoming Dr Rodrigo Vallejo Garretón, Assistant Professor in Private Law at the University of Amsterdam.
-
Maastricht Montesquieu Institute (MMI) to be discontinued as of 1 September 2025
MMI to be discontinued as of 1 September 2025; research continues elsewhere.