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Aruna Kashyap
Aruna Kashyap is the associate director in the Economic Justice and Rights Division where her work focuses on corporate accountability and human rights, especially in global supply chains. Before joining the Economic Justice and Rights Division, she worked with the Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch.
Her research and advocacy for the organization has spanned different countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. It has covered diverse topics, ranging from labor rights, social protection, violence against women, and access to health care. She has spearheaded international and regional advocacy for new binding and non-binding international standards governing corporations in the European Union, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the International Labour Organization.
As a lawyer, she has a background in strategic litigation on economic, social, and cultural rights, commercial contracting, and experience with criminal, contractual and tort law frameworks. She sits on the board of Transparentem. Previously, she litigated in India and got her law degree at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore.
Articles Authored
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August 28, 2024
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November 23, 2023
Ahead of Black Friday, Support Zoya and Other Bangladesh Garment Workers
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November 13, 2023
Will the EU Give Companies Selling Spyware and Stalkerware a Free Pass?
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September 14, 2023
Bangladesh: Social Audits Shortchange Workers
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Other Writing
Reports Authored
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Bangladesh: Social Audits Shortchange Workers
Shahidul Islam’s Killing Underscores Heightened Risks for Independent Unions
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“Obsessed with Audit Tools, Missing the Goal”
Why Social Audits Can’t Fix Labor Rights Abuses in Global Supply Chains
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“Whoever Finds the Vaccine Must Share It”
Strengthening Human Rights and Transparency Around Covid-19 Vaccines
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“Paying for a Bus Ticket and Expecting to Fly”
How Apparel Brand Purchasing Practices Drive Labor Abuses
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“Will I Get My Dues … Before I Die?”
Harm to Women from Bangladesh’s Discriminatory Laws on Marriage, Separation, and Divorce
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Dignity on Trial
India’s Need for Sound Standards for Conducting and Interpreting Forensic Examinations of Rape Survivors
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“Being Neutral is Our Biggest Crime”
Government, Vigilante, and Naxalite Abuses in India’s Chhattisgarh State