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Global prospects for legal action routledge, march 2017 this book systematically analyses the core contradictions in human rights law as it applies to corporations, both as instigators of human rights violations and. The current legal hook is the alien tort statute ats, enacted. As a consequence the question of responsibility for corporate human rights violations. Challenging corporate human rights violations department of.
Human rights watch is a 501c3 nonprofit registered in the us under ein. Who is responsible for corporate human rights violations. The first statement of intent to develop a nap on business and human rights was made in the coalition agreement page 124, 14 december 20 in german, when the. Human rights are clearly at risk in business operations in the u. Corporate human rights violations stefanie khoury, david. In the corporate social responsibility clinic, you will explore the legal, business and moral arguments for corporate sustainability while working on realworld projects that will expose you to the challenges and prospects for maximizing social and.
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David whyte this book develops an analysis of the historical, political and legal contexts behind current demands by ngos and the united nations human rights council to hold corporations accountable for their. For example, although globalization has provided massively profitable opportunities to oil companies in this region, and together with other multinationals, the opportunity to operate legally and abuse weak regulatory structure so as to maximizing profit. Global prospects for legal action a corrigendum, business and human rights journal, cambridge university press, vol. Human rights theorists highlight the distinction between legal and moral human rights. The chapter will consider how the regional human rights courts have accepted the corporation as the applicant, and what the implications of this legal construction of the corporation are for a broader understanding of the relationship between corporations and human rights. Benchmarks focus on human rights, labor rights, political rights, digital rights human rights in the internet era and.
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Options for strengthening the global human rights regime introduction. Nevertheless, it can safely be concluded already at this introductory stage, that the mechanisms for attributing human rights responsibilities to nonstate actors are still very much in the making. David whyte is professor of sociolegal studies at the university of liverpool uk. Corporate human rights violations global prospects for. Ken sarowiwa, the cofounder of the movement for the survival of the ogoni people who fought. She described the organisation as a nonprofit network of human rights lawyers and a think tank, working largely in conflictaffected areas. As discussions about developing international legal rules to enhance the accountability of corporations for human rights violations, perhaps in the form of a business and human rights treaty, are unfolding, david karp proposes to take a step back in his 2014 book, responsibility for human rights, transnational corporations in imperfect states. Nov 14, 2017 human rights watch is a 501c3 nonprofit registered in the us under ein. Piercing the veils effect on corporate human rights. In order to analyse the prospects for using human rights law to challenge the right of corporations to author human rights violations, the book explores the development of a range of political.