Human Rights in Business - Removal of Barriers to Access to Justice in the European Union

List of contents

1. Judicial Remedies: The Issue of Jurisdiction, Daniel Augenstein, Nicola Jägers 2. Judicial Remedies: The Issue of Applicable Law, Liesbeth Enneking 3. Non-Judicial Remedies: Company-Based Grievance Mechanisms and International Arbitration, Katharina Häusler, Karin Lukas, Julia Planitzer Case studies: Julia Planitzer, Pablo Paisán Ruiz, Katerina Yiannibas 4. Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights vis-à-vis Legal Duty of Care, Cees van Dam, Filip Gregor with contributions from Sandrine Brachotte and Paige Morrow 5. Conclusion

About the author

Juan José Álvarez Rubio is Professor of Private International Law at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain and Secretary of the Globernance Institute for Democratic Governance.
Katerina Yiannibas is an Assistant Professor of Public and Private International Law at Deusto University, Spain and a researcher at the Globernance Institute for Democratic Governance.

Summary

This book brings visibility to the challenge posed and 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

Product details

• Authors: Juan Jose Alvarez (University of th Alvarez Rubio, Juan Jose Alvarez Yiannibas Alvarez Rubio, Juan Jose Alvarez (University of the Basque Rubio, Juan Jose Alvarez Yiannibas Rubio, Katerina (University of Deusto Spain) Yiannibas
• Assisted by: Juan Jose Alvarez Rubio (Editor), Juan José Álvarez Rubio (Editor), Katerina Yiannibas (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2017
• EAN: 9781138284180
• ISBN: 978-1-138-28418-0
• No. of pages: 158
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Corporate, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, EU (European Union), Human rights, civil rights, Company law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law