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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...
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International human rights law is generally thought to apply directly to states, not to corporations since the latter is not a subject of international law. Some domestic courts are, however, enforcing these norms against corporations in domestic settings. Canadian courts have, for instance,...
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The article assesses the phenomenon of “de-humanization” of human rights with respect to two highly contrasting examples: “corporate human rights” and the “Rights of Nature” movement. It analyses the approaches regional human rights courts and regional courts of economic integration...
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corporations (TNCs) that commit environmental wrongs in the developing world. Under the now near-hegemonic worldview of welfare …
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On 9 October 2018, the Hague Court of Appeal confirmed the first instance judgement rendered in the world …
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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...
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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...
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In a series of reports the United Nations Special Representative on the issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations, John Ruggie, has emphasized a tripartite framework regarding business and human rights that includes the state “duty to protect,” the TNC “responsibility to...
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The influence of transnational corporations (TNCs) on the economic and political life of most countries – and on economic and political relations in general – has increased greatly in recent decades. Today, the economic capacities of transnational corporations go far beyond the economic...
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The ‘business and human rights’ (BHR) field emerged amidst concerns during the last thirty years over the adequacy of national legal systems and institutions in addressing transnational human rights impacts of global market integration. BHR relies on transnational governance networks and...
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