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This report and the model contract clauses that it contains are an effort to help companies provide legally effective and operationally likely human rights protections for workers in international supply chains. The report is the product of the Working Group to Draft Human Rights Protections in...
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In the long battle against corruption, the last 20 years or so has yielded a number of international legal and … institutional initiatives -- most notably, the OECD Bribery Convention and the UN Convention Against Corruption; regional anti-corruption … International and the World Economic Forum's Partnering Against Corruption Initiative. In terms specifically of human rights …
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have a positive impact on peace, human rights, and anti-corruption efforts. In response to recent scandals, sports … rights and anti-corruption initiatives into the governance of mega-sporting events, it is important to fully consider our …
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This chapter discusses the provisions in the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) on the protection of labour and environmental standards and human rights. It first outlines the obligations of the parties to protect labour and environmental standards, human rights and...
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Vital importance to any society is the establishment and conduct of human rights, including economic and social rights. This paper comparatively examines the economic and social rights within the Egyptian Constitution and local law provisions, with the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights...
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The EU has included human rights clauses in its international trade and cooperation agreements since the early 1990s. These clauses permit a party to a trade agreement to adopt ‘appropriate measures' in the event that the other party violates human rights or democratic principles. This study...
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The regulation of transnational corporations is increasingly a multi-actor and multi-level phenomenon. This trend is particularly visible in the garment global value chain. Spurred by the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh, a flurry of public and private initiatives addressing...
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The guiding principle of International Human Rights Law (IHRL) is “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family,” otherwise known as universality. In order to ensure the universality of access to justice despite social...
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