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Who do we work with
We are working directly with public buyers and buyer organisations in the Higher Education and Local Government sectors including London Universities Purchasing Consoritum, Higher Education Procurement Association and the Local Government Association.
What we do
BHRE works closely with public buyers to develop best practices in public procurement with regard to human rights. As part of this work we have developed guidance and policy insights as well as organised several public events and delivered training.
We also coordinate the International Learning Lab on Procurement and Human Rights and are a member of the SAPIENS Network and the International Working Group on Ethical Public Procurement (IWGEPP).
With our partners we have produced a series of resources, including Guidance on Protection Human Rights in Supply Chain, Guides on how to report under the Modern Slavery Act, and eLearning suit, Research Reports, Policy Papers and academic outputs. We also organise our regular Greenwich Symposia and Engagement Fora on Responsible Public Procurement.
Oral Evidence before the UK Joint Human Rights Parliamentary Committee
On 5th March 2025 Professor Olga Martin-Ortega gave oral evidence to the UK Joint Committee on Human Rights' Inquiry on Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains. Her evidence focused on the need to include the public sector on the efforts to combat modern slavery in global supply chains and the support and resources public buyers need to be part of the solution rather than contributing to the problem of labour exploitation in the supply chains that they procure with public money and to provide the public services we all enjoy.
She gave evidence alongside Oliver Holland, partner at Leigh Day, and agreed with him on the on the need for a mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence obligations for business. She further provided arguments for the public sector to be included as recipient of such obligations.
The full evidence is available here Parliamentlive.tv - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Our events
bjorn claeson, director of electronics watch chairing the labour organisations panel
DR. mARTIN-ORTEGA closing the symposium
baroness lola young of hornsey, obe, delivering the key note speach
andy davies, director of electronics watch opening the symposium
Public Buyers Forun and International Symposium (December 2016). Photo Credit: Philip Hollis