Manushya’s Founder Emilie Palamy at ICAR 2026: Due diligence must be grounded in lived realities

Laws drafted about communities, without communities, will never deliver justice for communities. ✊

At the ICAR Annual Meeting 2026, our Founder & Executive Director Emilie Palamy Pradichit brought one urgent message to this global gathering of corporate accountability leaders when it comes to #mHERDD laws:

⚖️ 𝗗𝘂𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱, 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘅-𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺.

Drawing from Manushya’s movement lawyering work with affected communities in Thailand 🇹🇭, including the historic Phichit gold mining case, Emilie Palamy emphasized that laws must be shaped by the communities they claim to protect: Indigenous Peoples, forest guardians, women human rights defenders, and frontline communities living the realities of corporate abuse.

Because when communities are excluded from shaping the law, the law is not designed to protect them.

🙌 Massive thanks to OECD Watch for inviting Manushya Foundation to bring community-rooted realities into this critical space. Always grateful to be part of the Coordination Committee, working collectively toward real global corporate accountability.

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