For the 60th anniversary of the UDHR, the Commission, the Global Compact Network Korea and Money Today hosted an ‘International Conference for Human Rights and Social Responsible Investment (SRI)’ on December 2, 2008. The keynote speech and subsequent discussions were divided into three sessions; SRI and Human Rights - A global trend with positive implications; Pension Fund Investment and Human Rights - Content and meaning of human rights-respecting disinvestment strategy of the Norwegian pension fund, A Norwegian case of ethical investment and human rights; and Fund Investments and Human Rights - Status of human rights of Korean corporations and SRI. Special guests were invited to the conference including Amy Domini (founder and CEO of Domini Social Investments), Andreas Follesdal (Full Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo, 1999-2005 and Founding Series Editor of Themes in European Governance, Cambridge University Press) and RYU Youngjae (Director of KoSIF Research Center/SUSTINVEST Research & Consultancy).
