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This textbook takes a unique approach to the linkages between business operations and human rights. Accessible to lawyers and non-lawyers, each chapter shows in what manner business operations (including investment) impact human rights and how businesses can implement human rights while being profitable and sustainable.
List of contents
Part I. Conceptual Framework: 1. The links between business and human rights under international law and the role of non-state actors Ilias Bantekas; 2. International trade and human rights Francesco Seatzu; 3. Neo-liberalism, state-capitalism and European ordo-liberalism: why power politics and 'constitutional failures' undermine economic law and human rights law Ulrich Petersmann; 4. Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility John Paterson; 5. The role of business in international development and the attainment of the sustainable development goals Katerina Akestoridis; 6. The business and economic case for human rights Dorothee Baumann-Pauly and Lilach Trabelsi; 7. The business and economic case for human rights Maximilian Schormair; Part II. Regulatory Framework: 8. The UN guiding principles and its predecessors Surya Deva; 9. The regulatory framework of multinational enterprises Peter Muchlinski; 10. The UN global compact and the OECD guidelines on multinational enterprises and their enforcement mechanisms Andreas Rasche; 11. Taxation and business with a focus on the human rights dimension of transfer pricing and other corporate tax practices Reuven Avi-Yonah; 12. Corporate accountability for the natural environment and climate change Damilola Olawuyi; 13. Corporate accountability for corruption and the business case for transparency Philip Nichols; 14. Implementation of the convention on the rights of disabled persons by corporations Michael Ashley Stein; 15. Gender, business and human rights Jessica Corsi; 16. The business sector and the rights to work and just and favorable conditions of work Marija Jovanovic; 17. Ethical and responsible lending to sovereigns, credit rating agencies and export credit as drivers of human rights Aline Darbellay Susso; 18. Intellectual property rights and human rights Molly Land and Lea M. Nesselhauf; Part III. Remedies and Dispute Resolution: 19. Remedies (judicial and settlements) against business for breaches of human rights Richard Meeran; 20. The role of human rights in foreign investment law and arbitration Silvia Karin Steininger; 21. An international business and human rights tribunal Judith Levine and Sarah Castles; 22. Innovative contractual remedies with indigenous peoples Kinnari Bhatt; Part IV. Practical Enforcement Tools: 23. Legal, ethical and practical dimensions of human rights impact assessments and successful case studies Ilias Bantekas; 24. Drafting a corporate (sustainability) audit report Chiara Ferracioli and Julien Parkhomenko; 25. The consumer case for sustainable business practices: lessons for corporations Anna Triponel; 26. Effectively monitoring business global supply chains and addressing host state pressure to decrease human rights standards Tam Nguyen; 27. A business and human rights treaty Ilias Bantekas.
Summary
This textbook takes a unique approach to the linkages between business operations and human rights. Accessible to lawyers and non-lawyers, each chapter shows in what manner business operations (including investment) impact human rights and how businesses can implement human rights while being profitable and sustainable.
