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Sam Royle

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Hand sketching a bridge over the gap between problem and solution.Photo credit: Shutterstock.

Plugging the human rights knowledge gap

22 April 2026
Even experienced business and human rights professionals can lack confidence in the legal foundations and frameworks that underpin their work. This blog explores how Module 1 of ETI’s Human Rights Essentials closes that gap, building clarity, confidence and practical understanding in just one focused day.
Arvind Patil, Head of Design at Bengaluru-based Good Business Lab (GBL)

Designing with rights in mind: New perspectives on ETI Human Rights Essentials

29 October 2025
Arvind Patil, Head of Design at Good Business Lab, shares how ETI’s Human Rights Essentials course helped him strengthen a rights-based approach to design — shaping interventions that deliver meaningful benefits for both workers and businesses.

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