Dr Shavana Haythornthwaite

Bio

Dr Shavana Haythornthwaite is Head of ESG, Legal at Morningstar. She is a recognised global expert within the fields of ESG, sustainability, international law and regulation and business and human rights. She has 15 years of experience working within these fields and has assisted governments and multinational corporations from a wide range of sectors in these areas. Prior to joining Morningstar, Shavana was Head of Human Rights at The Commonwealth Secretariat, which involved providing legal and technical assistance to 56 Commonwealth governments and their private sectors. Other previous roles were at the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the UK Government's Stabilisation Unit, FCDO and the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Shavana also has extensive academic experience as she is currently a Visiting Professor in International Law and Human Rights at the China University of Political Law and Science. She was previously Assistant Professor at The University of Manchester and has held fellowships at Stanford University, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Cambridge University. She currently sits on the Board for the Information Assurance Advisory Council.

Relevant Publications

• ‘The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: A Step Towards Stronger Human Rights and Environmental Practice’ (2024) https://www.sustainalytics.com/esg-research/resource/investors-esg-blog/the-corporate-sustainability-due-diligence-directive--a-step-towards-stronger-human-rights-and-environmental-practice
• Commentary on UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (Edward Elgar 2023)
• ‘Compendium of Promising Practices on Public-Private Partnerships to Prevent and Counter Trafficking in Persons’ https://www.unodc.org/documents/NGO/PPP/UNODC-PPP-Interactive.pdf
  ‘Improving the Rule of Law: A Guide to Risk Management’.
• ‘The Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration: Noteworthy or Not Worthy for Victims of Human Rights Violations?’ Kluwer Arbitration Blog http://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2020/05/05/the-hague-rules-on-business-and-human-rights-arbitration-noteworthy-or-not-worthy-for-victims-of-human-rights-violations/
• ‘Systemising Human Rights within Investment Law’ (2018) 28(4) American Review of International Arbitration.
• ‘Bonded Child Labour in South Asia: Building the Evidence Base for DFID Programming and Policy Engagement’ https://www.gov.uk/dfid-research-outputs/bonded-child-labour-in-south-asia-building-the-evidence-base-for-dfid-programming-and-policy-engagement
• Victim Reparation under the Ius Post Bellum: A Historical and Normative Perspective (Cambridge University Press 2017).