“Extracting Natural Resources: Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Law”

September 17, 2008

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law on "Extracting Natural Resources: Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Law" for Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at 10:45 a.m. in Room 216 of the Senate Hart Office Building.

Chairman Durbin will preside.

By order of the Chairman

Updated Witness List

Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

On

"Extracting Natural Resources: Corporate
Responsibility and the Rule of Law"
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Room 216 of the Senate Hart Office Building
10:45 a.m.

Panel I

Jeffrey Krilla
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Department of State
Washington, DC

Panel II

Ka Hsaw Wa*
Co-Founder and Executive Director
EarthRights International
Washington, DC

Bennett Freeman
Senior Vice President for Social Research and
Policy
Calvert
Washington, DC

Arvind Ganesan
Director for Business and Human Rights
Human Rights Watch
Washington, DC

Nnimmo Bassey
Executive Director
Environmental Rights Action
Lagos, Nigeria

* Ka Hsaw Wa is a pseudonym used to protect his ability to investigate human rights abuses and to protect his family members still living in Burma.