Human Rights in Business
The capacity to abuse, or in general affect the enjoyment of human, labour and environmental rights has risen with the increased social and economic power that multinational companies wield in the global economy. At the same time, it appears that it is difficult to regulate the activities of multina...
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| description | The capacity to abuse, or in general affect the enjoyment of human, labour and environmental rights has risen with the increased social and economic power that multinational companies wield in the global economy. At the same time, it appears that it is difficult to regulate the activities of multinational companies in such a way that they conform to international human, labour and environmental rights standards. This has partially to do with the organization of companies into groups of separate legal persons, incorporated in different states, as well as with the complexity of the corporate supply chain. Absent a business and human rights treaty, a more coherent legal and policy approach is required. Faced with the challenge of how to effectively access the right to remedy in the European Union for human rights abuses committed by EU companies in non-EU states, a diverse research consortium of academic and legal institutions was formed. The consortium, coordinated by the Globernance Institute for Democratic Governance, became the recipient of a 2013 Civil Justice Action Grant from the European Commission Directorate General for Justice. A mandate was thus issued for research, training and dissemination so as to bring visibility to the challenge posed and moreover, to provide some solutions for the removal of barriers to judicial and non-judicial remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuses in non-EU states. The project commenced in September 2014 and over the course of two years the consortium conducted research along four specific lines in parallel with various training sessions across EU Member States. The research conducted focused primarily on judicial remedies, both jurisdictional barriers and applicable law barriers; non-judicial remedies, both to company-based grievance. The results of this research endeavour make up the content of this report whose aim is to provide a scholarly foundation for policy proposals by identifying specific challenges relevant to access to justice in the European Union and to provide recommendations on how to remove legal and practical barriers so as to provide access to remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuses in non-EU states. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1601332025-05-22T05:13:33Z Human Rights in Business Rubio, Juan José Álvarez Yiannibas, Katerina Human Rights Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Rome Ii Regulation corporate responsibility for human rights abuses Guiding Principles right of victims to an effective remedy Overriding Mandatory Provisions EU and Member States EU Member State business-related human rights abuses Corporate Human Rights Abuses International Law Public International Law Non-judicial Remedies EU Member Private International Law ATS Rome Ii IG Metall Tort Law Foreign Direct Liability HRDD thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law::LBB Public international law::LBBR Public international law: human rights thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAQ Law and society, sociology of law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNC Company, commercial and competition law: general::LNCD Company law thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJS Sales and marketing thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms::JPVH Human rights, civil rights thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy The capacity to abuse, or in general affect the enjoyment of human, labour and environmental rights has risen with the increased social and economic power that multinational companies wield in the global economy. At the same time, it appears that it is difficult to regulate the activities of multinational companies in such a way that they conform to international human, labour and environmental rights standards. This has partially to do with the organization of companies into groups of separate legal persons, incorporated in different states, as well as with the complexity of the corporate supply chain. Absent a business and human rights treaty, a more coherent legal and policy approach is required. Faced with the challenge of how to effectively access the right to remedy in the European Union for human rights abuses committed by EU companies in non-EU states, a diverse research consortium of academic and legal institutions was formed. The consortium, coordinated by the Globernance Institute for Democratic Governance, became the recipient of a 2013 Civil Justice Action Grant from the European Commission Directorate General for Justice. A mandate was thus issued for research, training and dissemination so as to bring visibility to the challenge posed and moreover, to provide some solutions for the removal of barriers to judicial and non-judicial remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuses in non-EU states. The project commenced in September 2014 and over the course of two years the consortium conducted research along four specific lines in parallel with various training sessions across EU Member States. The research conducted focused primarily on judicial remedies, both jurisdictional barriers and applicable law barriers; non-judicial remedies, both to company-based grievance. The results of this research endeavour make up the content of this report whose aim is to provide a scholarly foundation for policy proposals by identifying specific challenges relevant to access to justice in the European Union and to provide recommendations on how to remove legal and practical barriers so as to provide access to remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuses in non-EU states. 2025-05-22T05:13:32Z 2025-05-22T05:13:32Z 2025-05-21T14:54:02Z 2017 book ONIX_20250521T155841_9781351979153_14 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102228 9781351979153 9781351979139 9780367025168 9781351979146 9781138284180 9781315269467 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160133 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102228/1/9781351979153.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781315269467 10.4324/9781315269467 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781351979153 9781351979139 9780367025168 9781351979146 9781138284180 9781315269467 Routledge 158 Oxford open access |
| spellingShingle | Human Rights Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Rome Ii Regulation corporate responsibility for human rights abuses Guiding Principles right of victims to an effective remedy Overriding Mandatory Provisions EU and Member States EU Member State business-related human rights abuses Corporate Human Rights Abuses International Law Public International Law Non-judicial Remedies EU Member Private International Law ATS Rome Ii IG Metall Tort Law Foreign Direct Liability HRDD thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law::LBB Public international law::LBBR Public international law: human rights thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAQ Law and society, sociology of law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNC Company, commercial and competition law: general::LNCD Company law thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJS Sales and marketing thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms::JPVH Human rights, civil rights thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy Human Rights in Business |
| title | Human Rights in Business |
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| topic | Human Rights Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Rome Ii Regulation corporate responsibility for human rights abuses Guiding Principles right of victims to an effective remedy Overriding Mandatory Provisions EU and Member States EU Member State business-related human rights abuses Corporate Human Rights Abuses International Law Public International Law Non-judicial Remedies EU Member Private International Law ATS Rome Ii IG Metall Tort Law Foreign Direct Liability HRDD thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law::LBB Public international law::LBBR Public international law: human rights thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAQ Law and society, sociology of law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNC Company, commercial and competition law: general::LNCD Company law thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJS Sales and marketing thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms::JPVH Human rights, civil rights thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy |
| topic_facet | Human Rights Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Rome Ii Regulation corporate responsibility for human rights abuses Guiding Principles right of victims to an effective remedy Overriding Mandatory Provisions EU and Member States EU Member State business-related human rights abuses Corporate Human Rights Abuses International Law Public International Law Non-judicial Remedies EU Member Private International Law ATS Rome Ii IG Metall Tort Law Foreign Direct Liability HRDD thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law::LBB Public international law::LBBR Public international law: human rights thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAQ Law and society, sociology of law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNC Company, commercial and competition law: general::LNCD Company law thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJS Sales and marketing thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms::JPVH Human rights, civil rights thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy |
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