Dr. Unang Mulkhan is a senior expert on business and human rights with extensive experience in integrating human rights principles into corporate governance, risk management, and sustainability practices. His work focuses on supporting companies and institutions in implementing Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) in line with international standards and responsible business conduct frameworks. Through his advisory and technical work, he helps organizations identify, assess, and manage human rights risks in their operations and supply chains while strengthening compliance with evolving regulatory and ESG expectations.

Dr. Mulkhan has significant experience in conducting Human Rights Due Diligence across a range of high-risk sectors, including mining (coal and nickel), oil and gas, pulp and paper, palm oil, electronics, seafood, forestry, and conservation projects. His work includes leading human rights impact assessments (HRIA), designing corporate policies and grievance mechanisms, and supporting companies in developing effective remediation processes. He also provides technical guidance on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), stakeholder engagement, and supply chain accountability to ensure that business operations respect the rights of workers, communities, and other affected stakeholders.

Previous Works:

• Lead Researcher for Study on Human Rights Compliant and Energy Support Mechanisms for Human Rights Defenders, Especially Women, Youth, and Girls, funded by Plan International (2024). 
• Lead Researcher for research on Responsible Supply Chain on Seafood Sector in East Java, funded by OXFAM. (2024). 
• Lead Researcher for research on Worker Voices in the Seafood Industry in Sumatra, Jawa, and Bali, funded by ISSARA Institute USA. (2024) 
• Lead Research project on toolkit of responsible business conduct, decent work and skill development in the Electronics Sector in Indonesia, funded by ILO. (2024). 
• A lead researcher on Aflateen+ Programme in Indonesia, Nepal and Pakistan using Randomised Control Trial with some elements of human rights and financial literacy, funded by Aflatoun International Amsterdam the Netherlands (2022 - 2024). 
• Research team member of SINERGI on Scoping of Electronic Supply Chain in funded by ICF International (2023/2024), and Research team member of SINERGI on Scoping of Tobacco Supply Chain Research with ICF International (2023/2024). 
• Lead Researcher for Plan International Bangkok for study on ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) complaint and emergency support mechanism. A study in Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand and Philippines. (April – June 2024). 
• The National Policy Expert for UNDP on SDGs Diagnostic Acceleration from July 1st to December 30, 2022. Scoping, monitoring, and evaluating the progress of the SDGs in Indonesia using UNDP Diagnostic Simulator on SDG gaps, interlinkages, synergy and trade off. This also includes multi-stakeholders dialogues on SDGs. 
• A mentor/teacher for a course called co-design for Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Public Spaces and Services (CIPSS). The programme is organised by Lund University and is funded by the Swedish Institute within the framework of the Public Sector Innovation Programme. This programme focuses on increasing the capacity of municipal officials to co-design inclusive public environments and services. (2020 - 2024). 
• Consultant for research and development of a Handbook on Localising Human Rights in the Context of SDGs in Asia Pacific, especially in the section of monitoring and evaluation, funded by Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI), Sweden (2019 - 2022). MEAL Consultant for Mercy Corps Indonesia on Agriculture and Farmers in 5 provinces in Indonesia, 2022. 
• Lead consultant for conducting research on the social impact of COVID-19 in four provinces in Indonesia, funded by European Union (EU) and UCLG Asia Pacific, from May to August 2021. 
• Lead consultant for conducting online training on monitoring and evaluation of SDGs to local governments, funded by United Cities and Local Government Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) in September 2021. 
• An expert for local parliament of Bandar Lampung city in drafting local regulation on sustainable tourism, in 202: a resource person for analysing the integration of SDGs in the document of local spatial planning (RTRW) and mid-term local development planning (RPJMD) and analysing strategic environmental study (KLHS) of the Lampung province, in 2021; and an expert for the local development and planning agency (BAPPEDA) Bandar Lampung city on climate change and on analysing mid-term local development planning (RPJMD), in 2021. 
• Lead consultant for Urban Analysis Report of the city of Pangkalpinang, funded by ACR+ Belgium and European Union (EU) under Climate Resilient and Inclusive City (CRIC) project, from June to December 2020. 
• A researcher in Sustainable Local Economic Development project in Vietnam supported by CSEAS Kyoto University, Japan from November to December 2019.

Publications: 

• Unang Mulkhan, Development in Jacob Dahl Rendtorff and Maria Bonnafus-Boucher (Eds) Encyclopedia of Stakeholder Management, (2023) Published by Edward Elgar UK https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/encyclopedia-of-stakeholder-management-9781800374232.html. 
• Unang Mulkhan, Sustainable Local Economic Development and Gender Perspective in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation, in Pascaline Gaborit (Eds) Climate Adaptation and Resilience: Challenges and Potential Solutions: Anticipatory Governance, Planning and Dialogue (2022), Published by Peter Lang publisher, Brussels. https://www.peterlang.com/document/1266120 DOI: 10.3726/b19893 
• Unang Mulkhan, H.S Tisnanta, Sylvia Yazid, Mireille Marcia Karman, Rizky Widian, Payal Thaorey, Vijayata G Uikey, Girish Balkrishna Kulkarni, Windi Arini, Patricia Rinwigati Waagstein, Martha F. Davis, Localising Human Rights in the Context of SDGs: A handbook for Cities (2022) Published by Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund, Sweden. ISBN 978-91-86910-50-1. https://rwi.or.id/blog/post/localising-human-rights-context-sdgs-handbook-cities-launching. 
• Henri Sitorus, Shin Gyonggu, Francis Perez, Sylvia Yazid, Saiju Chacko, HS Tisnanta, Unang Mulkhan, Human Rights Cities and SDGs in Asia (2022), Published by Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund, Sweden. https://rwi.or.id/publication-book/post/human-rights-cities-sdgs-asia. 
• Unang Mulkhan, Ethical and Sustainable Business Organization: New Ways of Thinking and Acting, in Langergaard L.L. (Eds) New Economies for Sustainability. Ethical Economy (Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy) (2021) vol 59. Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-81743-5_13. 
• Unang Mulkhan, Challenges of the Virtue of Friendship (Philia) in the Mining Industry: A Case of Multicultural Society of Indonesia. (2021) Asian Journal of Business Ethics, 10 (1), 19–35. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-021-00118-x. 
• Unang Mulkhan, Eco-justice Perspective and Human Rights-Based Approach to Responsible Business in the Indonesian Mining Industry, in Jacob Dahl Rendtorff (Eds) Handbook of Business Legitimacy: Responsibility, Ethics and Society (2020) Published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68845-9_111-1. 
• Unang Mulkhan, HS Tisnanta, Henky Mayaguezz, Budi Kurniawan, Urban Analysis Report of Pangkalpinang City in Indonesia (2020), Published by Climate Resilient and Inclusive City (CRIC) project. European Union (EU). https://resilient-cities.com/en/knowledge.