Sek Lun Cheong is a PhD Candidate at Melbourne Law School and a member of the Institute for International Law and the Humanities (IILAH). He researches at the intersection of international investment law and business and human rights. His doctoral project examines the notion of investor due diligence and its prospects of advancing the human rights accountability of corporations. Sek Lun has a general interest in the discourse on corporate obligations in the context of domestic law and public international law. He is also interested in developments on the regulation of transnational corporate activities and broader questions of international law relating to the corporate actor.
Sek Lun holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of London and a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne. He is a former advocate and solicitor in the field of litigation during which he has worked on cases on corporate insolvency, judicial review, and other commercial disputes. He has also previously taught modules on UK business law, company law and corporate governance.
Thesis Title
Re-Defining Investor Obligations in International Investment Law: Embedding the Business and Human Rights Agenda on Mandatory Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence in the International Investment Regime
Thesis Summary
There is growing recognition of the human rights impacts of foreign investment activities on the population of capital importing countries. International investment law has been facing a legitimacy crisis, partly attributable to the lack of human rights accountability of foreign investors. The thesis analyses the notion of investor due diligence in international investment arbitration and its potential in ameliorating this accountability gap by advancing higher standards of corporate conduct with respect to human rights. The thesis draws on the business and human rights field in this regard.
Supervisors
- International Investment Law
- Business and Human Rights
- Human Rights Due Diligence
- International Law
- International Economic Law