John Ruggie
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| Born | John Gerard Ruggie 18 October 1944 Graz, Austria |
| Died | 16 September 2021 |
| Nationality | Austria?, Canada, US (Born: German) |
| Alma mater | McMaster University, University of California |
| Mentors | Ernst B. Haas |
| Children | 1 |
| Spouse | Mary Ruggie |
| Interests | human rights, Millennium Development Goals |
Bilderberg academic, one of the architects of the United Nations Global Compact as well as of the Millennium Development Goals, the precursor of the Sustainable Development Goals. | |
John Gerard Ruggie was an Canadian academic who developed a number of concepts for globalist governance, including being one of the architects of the United Nations Global Compact as well as of the Millennium Development Goals, the precursor of the Sustainable Development Goals[1] He attended the 2003 Bilderberg meeting.
Background
Ruggie was born in Graz, Austria in 1944, in what then part of Germany. The family moved to Toronto, Canada when he was 12.[2]
Education
He had a BA in politics and history from McMaster University in Canada. Ruggie moved to the United States to attend graduate school, receiving a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley, Ruggie was influenced by Ernst B. Haas.[3]
Career
Ruggie taught at Columbia University, becoming Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs.[4][5] He also taught at the University of California's Berkeley and San Diego campuses and directed the UC system-wide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.[4] He became a professor at the spooky Harvard Kennedy School in 2001.[6]
From 1997 to 2001, Ruggie was selected as United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Planning, a post created specifically for him by then Secretary-General Kofi Annan.[4] He was one of the architects of the United Nations Global Compact[7] as well as of the Millennium Development Goals, the precursor of the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2001 Annan and the UN as a whole were given the Nobel Peace Prize for, among other achievements, "bringing new life to the organization."
In 2005, Annan appointed Ruggie as the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Business and Human Rights.[7][4] In that capacity, he developed a set of principles, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,[8] which the UN Human Rights Council endorsed unanimously in 2011. They are also known as the "Ruggie principles" or the "Ruggie framework".[4] The Guiding Principles have since served as the global soft law standard in this space, and a number of jurisdictions continue to incorporate their elements into hard law.
Awards
Ruggie had a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from McMaster; and a Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) from the University of Waterloo.
A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Ruggie received a Guggenheim Fellowship. He also received the International Studies Association's Distinguished Scholar Award and the American Political Science Association's Hubert Humphrey Award for outstanding public service by a political scientist; the AS.K. social science prize from the WZB Berlin Social Science Center; as well as awards from the American Bar Association and the Washington Foreign Law Society, the latter honoring "an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the development and application of international law."
Board memberships
- Advisory Council, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
- Advisory Council, Stanley Foundation [9]
- Special Mandate Holder, United Nations Human Rights Commission [10]
- Corporate Social Responsibility Special Consultant, Barrick Gold [11]
- Ruggie chaired the Board of the nonprofit organization Shift, the leading center of expertise in business and human rights, working with businesses, governments, workers organization, financial institutions and civil society to implement the UN Guiding Principles.
- He was on the Board of the Arabesque Group, an ESG data provider and asset manager, as well as on Unilever's Sustainability Advisory Council.
- He was previously the Chair of the Institute for Human Rights and Business[12] (IHRB) from 2012 to 2016, and served as its Patron until his death in 2021.
Death
John Ruggie died on 16 September 2021.[4][5] Ruggie was married to Mary Ruggie.[4] They had one son, Andreas.[4]
References
- ↑ https://www.ralphbuncheinstitute.org/un-intellectual-history-project/PDFs/Ruggie.pdf
- ↑ https://www.kleinezeitung.at/politik/6037640/Nachruf_Ein-Grazer-der-es-als-Sohn-eines-Malers-und-Anstreichers
- ↑ https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0020818322000042
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 https://www.responsible-investor.com/articles/obituary-john-ruggie-architect-of-the-un-guiding-principles-on-business-and-human-rights
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news/memoriam-dean-john-g-ruggie
- ↑ https://johnruggie.scholars.harvard.edu/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/sga934.doc.htm
- ↑ http://business-humanrights.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/ruggie/ruggie-guiding-principles-21-mar-2011.pdf
- ↑ Governance, Stanley Foundation, accessed December 23, 2008.
- ↑ Strategic Management Plan 2008-2009, United Nations Human Rights Commission, accessed April 9, 2009.
- ↑ Barrick Gold CSR, organizational web page, accessed April 1, 2013.
- ↑ https://www.ihrb.org/%7Caccess-date=2021-08-07