Profile

Dr. Otgontuya Davaanyam is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the FAU Research Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU CHREN). Her research sits at the intersection of international human rights law, corporate accountability, and environmental governance, with a particular focus on the normative development of business and human rights standards through OECD dispute resolution mechanisms.

Dr. Davaanyam completed her PhD summa cum laude at FAU in 2025 with a dissertation examining corporate human rights and environmental responsibilities through a systematic analysis of OECD National Contact Point (NCP) case law. Her work offers a bottom-up, practice-grounded approach to conceptualising corporate responsibility obligations, making an original contribution to both legal scholarship and policy debate in the field of business and human rights.

Her broader research interests encompass non-judicial grievance mechanisms and access to remedy, due diligence regulation (including the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive), the rights of indigenous peoples and women in the context of corporate activity, and the localisation of global business and human rights norms in regional contexts, including East Asia and Central Asia. She is currently a UKRI Network Plus Research Fellow on the project „Shifting Global Polarities: Russia, China, and Eurasia in Transition“ (2026).

Prior to her doctoral studies, Dr. Davaanyam gained extensive practical experience in human rights law and policy, including positions at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva, UNDP Mongolia, the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre in London, and Sandoz Global Pharmaceuticals. She has also practised as an attorney in Mongolia.

Research Interests

• Business and Human Rights (BHR) — theory, norms, and practice
• OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and National Contact Points
• Corporate human rights and environmental due diligence
• Non-judicial grievance mechanisms and access to remedy
• Indigenous peoples‘ rights and gender perspectives in BHR
• Environmental governance and corporate environmental responsibility
• Comparative and regional BHR frameworks (Central Asia, East Asia)

 Education

• PhD in Law (summa cum laude), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, 2025
  Thesis: Conceptualising Corporate Human Rights and Environmental Responsibilities in the OECD Case Law: A Bottom-Up Approach
• M.A. Global Challenges: Law, Policy and Practice (Distinction), Swansea University, UK, 2021
• LL.M. International Human Rights Law (Distinction), University of Liverpool, UK, 2019
• LL.B. Business Law (GPA 3.6/4.0), Shihihutug University, Mongolia, 2012

Selected Fellowships and Awards

• UKRI Network Plus Research Fellow, „Shifting Global Polarities: Russia, China, and Eurasia in Transition“, 2026
• Hillary Rodham Clinton Global Challenges Scholar (Fully Funded), Swansea University, 2020
• Hodgson Law Scholar (Fully Funded), University of Liverpool, 2018
• Fellow, Young Environmental Journalist Programme, UNDP & Environmental Governance Programme, 2021
• Researcher, Corporate Criminal Accountability Project, Amnesty International & Global Rights Compliance, 2021

Publications

Books and Edited Volumes

Davaanyam, O. Conceptualising the Corporate Human Rights and Environmental Responsibilities: A Bottom-Up Analysis through OECD Case Law. Springer, April 2026.

Davaanyam, O. and Krajewski, M. (eds.) Exploring Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities in OECD Case Law. Springer, January 2025.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Davaanyam, O. ‚Accountability Gaps and Opportunities: Analysing the Role of the Canadian NCP in Addressing Human Rights and Environmental Harms Abroad‘. Manitoba Law Journal, July 2026 (forthcoming).

Davaanyam, O. ‚Corporate Environmental Responsibility under the OECD Guidelines: Integrating Human Rights and Environmental Impacts into Unified HRDD Frameworks‘. Environmental Rights Review 3(1), June 2026 (forthcoming).

Book Chapters

Davaanyam, O. ‚OECD NCPs and the Struggle for Corporate Accountability: Rethinking Remedy through Systematic Case Analysis‘, in R. Grosescu and H. Rammelt (eds.), Critical Perspectives on Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Violations and Ecological Degradation: Prospects, Limits, and Alternatives. October 2026 (forthcoming).

Bertholdi, J. and Davaanyam, O. ‚Município de Mariana v. BHP Group‘, in D. A. Pamplona and M. Krajewski (eds.), Business and Human Rights Leading Cases. FAU University Press, May 2026.

Davaanyam, O. and Shurka, B. ‚Voices from the Gobi: Centring Indigenous Women in the Global Standards on Corporate Responsibility for Indigenous Peoples‘, in D. A. Pamplona, C. Olarte-Bácares and O. Uvarova (eds.), Business and Human Rights from the Lens of Women. Springer Nature, December 2025.

Davaanyam, O. ‚Articulating Responsibility for Human Rights and the Environment in the Financial Sector: Outlook on the Concrete Cases of the OECD National Contact Points‘, in O. Davaanyam and M. Krajewski (eds.), Exploring Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities in OECD Case Law. Springer, January 2025.

Buriakovska, K. and Davaanyam, O. ‚Analysing Heightened Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities in the Context of OECD Case Law‘, in O. Davaanyam and M. Krajewski (eds.), Exploring Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities in OECD Case Law. Springer, January 2025.

Buxbaum, D. C., Davaanyam, O. and Tsogtgerel, G. ‚Capital Market of Mongolia‘, in E. Richer La Flèche (ed.), The Mining Law Review. 2018.

Buxbaum, D. C., Davaanyam, O. and Tsogtgerel, G. ‚Mongolia‘, in L. W. Newman (ed.), Attachment of Assets. 2018.

Expert Reports and Policy Papers

Mohamadieh, K., Davaanyam, O., Regalia, S. and Krajewski, M. ‚Complementarity of the LBI and the EU CSDDD for Advancing Corporate Accountability‘. CIDSE Complementarity Study Report, March 2025.

Krajewski, M., Regalia, S. and Davaanyam, O. ‚Analysis of the UN 2023 Updated Draft Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights‘. FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, October 2023.

Mendbayar, M., Ochirbat, M. and Davaanyam, O. ‚National Baseline Assessment of the National Action Plan of Mongolia on Business and Human Rights‘. Commissioned by UNDP Mongolia and the Government of Mongolia, September 2022.

Academic Blogs

Böhler, M.-L. and Davaanyam, O. ‚Extracting Profit, Externalising Responsibility? The Mariana Dam Case and the Future of Parent Company Responsibility‘. BHRJ Blog, 25 February 2026.

Davaanyam, O. ‚The Missing Pillar Found: Corporate Responsibility to Remedy in the Norwegian NCP’s Telenor Decision‘. Blogging for Sustainability, University of Oslo, 4 February 2026.

Davaanyam, O. and Krajewski, M. ‚Guardians of Rights? The Role of Government in Promoting Responsible Business Conduct under the Updated OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises‘. Blog Symposium, OECD Watch & NOVA School of Law, 30 November 2023.