Future of Business and Human Rights
Subtitle: Theoretical and Practical Considerations for a un Treaty
Publisher: Intersentia Limited
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781780684918
Subjects: Human rights; Business; Business ethics; Social responsibility of business
Description: "It is an undeniable fact that corporations participate in human rights abuses throughout the world. Yet there is disagreement among scholars, politicians and business actors about the best approaches to preventing and responding to those abuses and whether it would be feasible to adopt a treaty on the matter. This book explores the potential adoption of a treaty on business and human rights, first proposed by Ecuador and South Africa. Would such a treaty be practicable and what should its content be? Should it regulate direct corporate obligations or extraterritorial obligations? How can experiences of other international legal regimes and developments in regional systems inform the global debate on business and human rights?"--Back cover.