Business and human rights
- Holding US corporations and others parties accountable for human rights and environmental abuses overseas
- In recent years, several laws have been used to allow lawsuits in United States courts for human rights violations, and other harms, that occurred in other countries. Most recently, several major multinational corporations have been sued in the U.S. for human rights abuses committed around the world. EarthRights International has just published a manual directed toward non-lawyers who want to learn more about this type of litigation, and possibly participate in a lawsuit. The manual explores both legal issues and also practical issues.
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- What duties and obligations human rights give rise to for corporations ?
- ( I. Kolstad / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2007)
- As the power of the corporate sector has become particularly salient, what duties the notion of universal human rights assign to corporation? This paper develops core elements of a general scheme of H...
- Status of Corporate Responsibilty in supply chains in Bangladesh
- ( International Federation for Human Rights , 2008)
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This report assess labour rights in Bangladesh's export garment industry. It notes that working conditions in export garment factories had substantially improved over the last two y...
The relationship between enterprise and human rights
- ( B. Nilles / International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity , 2008)
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Business activities are central to the well-being of national economies and the global economy at large.This paper examines the function of states in regulating the role of transnational ...
- What are the current international standards and practices regarding business and human rights?
- ( J.G. Ruggie / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , 2007)
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The state-based system of global governance has struggled for more than a generation to regulate the expanding reach and growing influence of transnational corporations. This paper reviews two rece...
- Principles and guidance for rights-based grievance mechanism
- ( C. Rees / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , 2008)
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This document provides guidance for effective grievance mechanisms in the context of corporate social responsibility. It provides a tool for companies and their local stakeholders to work out right...
- Does the international investment law regime help embed values and practices that support human rights policies?
- ( H. Mann / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2008)
- This paper responds to the need to identify and understand the linkages between international investment agreements (IIAs) and the debate on business and human rights. It provides a broad-based review...
- Human rights implications of Indonesian oil palm plantation expansion.
- ( S. Marti;A. Dilworth;N. Baird / Friends of the Earth International , 2008)
- This report reveals growing evidence of human rights violations associated with the Indonesian oil palm industry. Drawing on interviews with individuals on the ground and previous research, it ex...
- Is the livestock breeding industry damaging smallholders and the environment?
- ( S. Gura / GRAIN , 2008)
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This paper explores developments in the global livestock industry and their impact on smallholder farmers and the environment in developing countries. In particular, it considers the effect of...
- Extra judicial mechanisms for addressing human rights violations by business
- ( Rees C. / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , 2008)
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There is a growing body of extrajudicial grievance mechanisms in the business and human rights arena to which complainants can take their concerns. This paper aims to provide an assessment of some ...
- Derechos humanos y empresa: hacia un nuevo paradigma?
- ( A., J. de Regil / La Alianza Global Jus Semper , 2007)
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Este estudio hace una valoración del debate sobre la responsabilidad de las empresas respecto a los
derechos humanos en particular, pero también sobre los derechos políti...
