HUGO - Hague Utilities for Global Organisations -

Baragwanath, D, Special Tribunal for the Lebanon
Jesse, K.D, North-West University, Potchefstroom
Koppe, E, Leiden University
Onuoha, G.C.A, Africa Center for Corporate Responsibility

The objective of the Theme Group "HUGO - Hague Utilities for Global Organisations -" is to create and collect instruments for the development of international norm setting, both public and private. The programme is structured towards the development and realisation of three new institutions:

• a dispute resolution facility for complex financial products;
• a conflict management facility focused on preventing and resolving disputes between business and communities in the field of corporate social responsibility, with a focus on human rights, environmental and labour disputes; and,
• a facility in the field of international fraud and corruption.

The Theme Group "HUGO - Hague Utilities for Global Organisations -" will contribute to this objective.