Gwynne Skinner Human rights award

The Gwynne Skinner Human Rights Award was created in memory of ICAR Advisor and close friend Professor Gwynne Skinner. The award is presented in conjunction with the ICAR Annual Meeting to an individual or organization that has made a significant contribution to corporate accountability that year.

Professor Gwynne Skinner was a Professor of Law at Willamette University. Professor Skinner also worked as an ICAR Advisor for over six years, serving as a resource, guide, mentor, and friend to the ICAR community. Her work litigating on the front lines of corporate accountability, producing scholarship, and thought-leadership on access to remedy, parent company accountability, and a range of other issues put her at the forefront of the agenda on business and human rights.

About the Award

This award is delivered in conjunction with ICAR’s Annual Meeting each year and recognizes the work of an individual and/or an organization that has made a significant contribution to corporate accountability that year.

A Selection Committee of leaders in corporate accountability, as well as family members of Gwynne, have been appointed to lead in the selection of the recipient.

The Selection Committee Includes:

  • Katie Gallagher, Center for Constitutional Rights;

  • David McKean, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable;

  • Elena Arengo, Project on Organization, Development, Education, and Research;

  • Joseph Wilde, SOMO;

  • Stephanie Amoako, Accountability Counsel;

  • Aruna Kashyap, Human Rights Watch; and

  • Beth Skrypzak, Gwynne Skinner’s wife;

  • Jill Skinner, Gwynne Skinner’s sister

2025 Award Winner

ICAR and the Gwynne Skinner Human Rights Award Selection Committee are pleased to congratulate this year’s recipient of the Gwynne Skinner Human Rights Award, Justiça nos Trilhos (JnT), based in Brazil. The award will be presented on the last day of ICAR’s Annual Meeting on May 8th.

Past Recipients