Claes Cronstedt (born 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden) is an international lawyer and member of the Swedish Bar.
In 2001–2014 Cronstedt was a member of the working-group of experts of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe CCBE which is publishing guidelines (position papers) for EU's 1.000.000 lawyers on how to advise in Corporate Social Responsibility.
[citation needed] Claes Cronstedt is a frequent speaker and writer since mid nineties on the subject of Business and Human Rights.
The strategy is to look beyond existing national court systems and regulatory mechanisms that have largely failed to provide accountability for business related human rights abuses worldwide.
[2] Cronstedt was the keynote speaker about an International Arbitration Tribunal on Business and Human Rights at United Nations Annual Forum in Geneva, December 2014.