Word of John Ruggie’s passing prompted me to look back at the times I engaged with his work on business and human rights, including these ten posts, and to revisit the one instance I know of where he engaged with mine. This was an endnote he wrote, with a link to this blog, for Life in the Global Public Domain.

It was nothing more than a brief reference (“also see…”), but it made an impression on me. After all, who was I to John Ruggie? Not a student, not a colleague in any formal sense. We never even met. But I read him and respected his work; and to my great astonishment, he read me and repaid me in kind with a small, gracious gesture.

Here, the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre has collected tributes to John Ruggie from around the world.