Transnational corporations and human rights /

This volume offers a systematic overview of the different tools through which the human rights accountability of transnational corporations may be improved. It first examines the responsibility of States in controlling transnational corporations, emphasizing both the limits imposed by the protection...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schutter, Olivier de
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2006.
Colección:Studies in international law (Stockholm, Sweden) ; 12.
Temas:
Human rights.
International business enterprises > Social aspects.
International business enterprises > Law and legislation.
Social responsibility of business.
Human Rights
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Entreprises > Responsabilité sociale.
LAW > Corporate.
Human rights
International business enterprises > Law and legislation
International business enterprises > Social aspects
Social responsibility of business
Mensenrechten.
Internationale ondernemingen.
Sociale verantwoordelijkheid.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The challenge of imposing human rights norms on corporate actors / Olivier De Schutter
  • Beyond Unocal : conceptual problems in using international norms to hold transnational corporations liable under the Alien Tort Claims Act / Andrew J Wilson
  • The effect of bilateral investment treaties on human rights enforcement and realization / Ryan Suda
  • Competing for foreign direct investment through the creation of export processing zones : the impact on human rights / Chu Yun Juliana Nam
  • The North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation : an effective compromise between harmonization of labor rights and regulatory competition? / Ana A Piquer
  • Corporate codes of conduct and the human rights accountability of transnational corporations : a small piece of a larger puzzle / Fiona McLeay
  • International framework agreements : a collaborative paradigm for labor relations / Lisa R Price
  • The illegal exploitation of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo : a case study on corporate complicity in human rights abuses / Asimina-Manto Papaioannou
  • Corporations and the International Criminal Court / Cristina Chiomenti
  • The lack of enforcement in the United Nations Draft norms : benefit or disadvantage? / Jacob Gelfand
  • Overt and hidden accomplices. transnational corporations' range of complicity for human rights violations / Inés Tófalo
  • The promotion of human rights by selective public procurement under international trade law / Katherine Zeisel
  • A role for the international finance corporation in integrating environmental and human rights standards into core project covenants : case study of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline project / Terra Eve Lawson-Remer.

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