The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ascribe specific roles to business organizations and have thus invigorated discussions on the link between the activities of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and international development. In the development of...

Abstract Participants in the human rights arena often support their rights agenda with reference to a lineage of rights activism that is rarely explored in depth or detail. Similarly, the substance of rights critique is dismissed or avoided rather than examined for the insights it offers. This...

To what extent should or must a corporation contemplate international human rights law? Following a brief discussion of the increasing influence of transnational corporations and global business transactions, as well as the growth of the international human rights system, this Article uses the...

Despite the existence of a wide range of human rights instruments and procedures, human rights violations still abound. The authors of this book address this so-called human rights deficit, and the possible responses to it, from various disciplinary angles and mostly in the context of...

Eritrea has been ruled by a repressive government particularly for the last ten years. At a time when the government is stumbling by sheer weight of its barbarity, important minerals have been discovered in the country and several western mining companies are engaged in mining activities with...

This article analyses the Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy of the International Labour Organization. It argues that given the current lack of a legally binding international document on human rights obligations of corporations, the focus...

When an individual has suffered a violation of her human rights by or involving corporations, she should have recourse to a court or quasi-judicial mechanism to enforce responsibility of perpetrator. It appears that the victims of human rights violations by or involving corporations have...

In recent years, a number of international and cross-sectoral initiatives have attempted to respond to the human rights impacts of corporations. Foremost among these is the United Nations’ 2008 “Protect, Respect, and Remedy” Framework and its Guiding Principles on Business and Human...

This chapter highlights why the current territorial model of regulating corporate human rights abuses is inadequate to deal effectively with modern violations of human rights by companies that operate at a transnational level. It is contended that a case can be made for extraterritorial...