United Nations independent expert and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof. Damilola Olawuyi, has called for bold and innovative reforms to promote trade and investment in Africa without undermining human rights.
According to a statement from the UNESCO Chair on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar, he made the call during his high-level plenary address at the 5th Africa Forum on Business and Human Rights in Dakar, Senegal.
The forum, held under the theme, “Realising the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment through Responsible Business Conduct,” marked the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Olawuyi said foreign investment and trade were critical to unlocking economic growth, employment and sustainable development across Africa, but warned that economic progress should not come at the expense of human rights and the environment.
He said, “The next 15
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