The article addresses the vexing problem of holding corporations liable for assisting in the sovereign abuse of human rights. Currently domestic human rights litigation against corporations appears to be a proxy fight in which the accomplice is pursued while the principal evades punishment....

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a fixture on the agendas of corporate boards in much the same way as environmental issues did a decade or so ago. To what extent social responsibilities should be made legally enforceable remains a matter of some fierce debate. There are already...

The article addresses the function human rights instruments can have in the context of the fight against (extreme) poverty. Human rights law is no panacea for the intractable problem of poverty, but it can serve as a basis for, and complement to, social mobilization. The article deals with...

So far, the relation between economics and human rights is not given very much attention. The present paper extensively deals with the manifold relations between the two fields, from the effects of world wide liberalisation of markets on human rights, to the economic root causes of conflicts,...

Economic globalization represents both an unmet opportunity and a significant challenge for the fulfillment of social and economic rights, including the right to food. While corporate sector accountability and the responsibility of international financial institutions (IFIs) to ensure social and...

The paper compares the case law on the right to life of the European Court of Human Rights and the Human Rights Committee. It is argued that the main interpretative method that both the Committee and the Court use is the principle of effective protection of the right to life in practice. The...

There is an emerging trend, particularly in international circles, to bemoan the human rights paradox in intellectual property. Thus, it is said that intellectual property rights are grounded in fundamental concepts of human dignity and just deserts. At the same time, however, it is recognized...

This essay attempts to construct a normative justification for the imposition of human rights duties on transnational corporations (TNCs) that commit environmental wrongs in the developing world. Under the now near-hegemonic worldview of welfare economics, TNCs are analogised to individuals...

The paper examines some aspects of the relationship between trade liberalization and human rights. Whereas there are a lot of policy proposals to avoid the negative effects of trade liberalization on the human rights situation in WTO Member States, not all approaches are feasible to improve the...

This Chapter offers a thematic look at the equality framework of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and compares it to the broad features of contemporary Australian law and policy related to disability. Throughout, we will return to an ongoing conceptual tension...