The Three Pillars of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights : A ‘Non-Binding’ International Contract on the State Duty to Protect Human Rights, the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights and the Access to Remedy for Victims of Abuse

This paper will discuss the importance of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UN Guiding Principles) violations and access to remedy for victims. Communities and individuals across the globe are adversely affected by activities of multinational corporations and this paper will address the major obstacles which hinder these multinational companies being brought before judicial mechanisms. The Bhopal chemical disaster will provide a useful example of struggles victims of business and human rights abuse go through to obtain an effective remedy. The Bhopal case in particular shows the atrocities that occur when there are no stringent measures in place to curb multinational companies from causing such harms