The article provides a critical analysis of what it calls the ‘ESC rights thesis' as advanced by Louise Arbour in a much-noticed paper published in 2007 – the claim that economic, social and cultural rights (such as the right to food, housing, healthcare, education) should be treated as an...

Introduction -- Business and human rights and transitional justice -- Nuremberg and international criminal law -- Regional human rights systems -- Domestic criminal and civil liability -- Truth seeking processes -- Administrative reparation programmes -- Institutional reform -- Conclusion

Noch nie in der Geschichte hat menschliches Handeln die Existenz der gesamten Menschheit bedroht. Doch heute sehen wir uns einer dreifachen Krise gegenüber, von denen jede einzelne unser Überleben gefährdet

The New Deal programs of the 1930s, at a time of rapid industrialization, widening economic inequality, gender and racial exclusionary policies are not the ideal reference point for present day solutions to labor and environment justice. This article argues that the Green New Deal (GND) must...