about mora
Mora Johnson is a lawyer, consultant, and a leading expert in responsible business practices. Mora proudly serves the Ottawa community as well as clients around the world. Her interests include anti-corruption and anti-money laundering compliance, the human rights responsibilities of business, and modern slavery supply chain due diligence.
Mora brings to client files almost 20 years’ rich and diverse experience in government, private and non-profit sectors. Mora served for over 10 years at Global Affairs Canada and then Natural Resources Canada in negotiating and implementing regulatory and voluntary standards relating to transparency and business practices in the extractive sector. She advised on standards such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the Voluntary Principles, and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. She served as Head of the Canadian delegation to the OECD Working Group on Bribery, and later to the OECD Forum on Responsible Supply Chains. In 2011, she was elected to co-chair the negotiation process of a Conflict Gold Standard at the OECD, and from 2012-2015 was elected to Chair the OECD Forum on Responsible Supply Chains. Earlier, Mora served as Legislative Assistant to the Foreign Minister and later to the Minister of International Trade, and as the Executive Assistant to the Chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.
Outside of government, Mora served as Executive Director of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center located in New Haven, Connecticut, as well as clerking in the Office of the Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone. She articled at one of Canada’s largest law firms and studied law at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, where she won an award for ranking 3rd in a class of 180 in the graduating year.
conferences & speaking engagements
DECEMBER 2, 2019, UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA, FACULTY OF LAW
Developments in the Business and Human Rights Field
June 12, 2019, Carleton University
Casualty or Catalyst, Gender Equality and the Future of Mining (Event Moderator)
May 16, 2019, Transparency International Canada Day of Dialogue
Beneficial Ownership Transparency and Privacy Concerns under Canadian Law
May 9, 2018, Canadian Institute 17th Annual forum on anti-money laundering & financial crime
The Canada Papers? Obscured "True" Ownership and Lessons Learned from Other Jurisdictions
april 30, 2018, Canadian corporate counsel association national conference
Ethics and the In-house Counsel: What is Your Role In Combatting Labour Abuses?
March 14, 2018, University of Ottawa, faculty of Law
Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Business Law in Canada
March 27, 2017, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
Supply Chain Due Diligence: Lessons Learned from Mechanisms to Address Conflict Minerals
March 22, 2017, University of Western Ontario, Faculties of Geology, Business and Law
Supply Chain Due Diligence and Responsible Sourcing of Minerals and Metals
March 8, 2017, Ryerson University Business School
State & Non-state Regulatory Innovations: Learning from Conflict Minerals
December 2016, Carleton University Canadian Studies Doctoral Program
Introduction to Transnational Corporations and Human Rights
November 2016, International Commission of Jurists Conference on Modern Day Slavery
Lessons Learned from Supply Chain Due Diligence Mechanisms to Address Conflict Minerals
November 2016, Canadian Conference on International Law
Just and Reasonable Settlements for Transnational Human Rights Abuses
March 2016, University of Western Ontario, Faculties of Geology, Business and Law
Supply Chain Due Diligence and Responsible Sourcing of Minerals and Metals
February 2016, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
Supply Chain Due Diligence: Lessons Learned from Mechanisms to Address Conflict Minerals
November 2015, Canadian Conference on International Law
Supply Chain Due Diligence and Responsible Sourcing of Minerals and Metals
November 2014, Canadian Conference on International Law
Chair, Book Panel Re Governance Gap by Penelope Simons and Audrey Macklin
June 2013, Partnership Africa Canada
Towards Responsible and Conflict Free Mineral Supply Chains
March 2013, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Annual Convention
The Growing Market Demand for Responsibly Produced, Conflict-Free Metals
May 2012, Paris, London Bullion Market Association Responsible Gold Forum
Coordination and Implementation of Key International Initiatives
May 2012, Paris, OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains
Introduction to the Supplement on Gold