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| Additional Physical Format: | Electronic version: Research handbook on human rights and business. Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2020] (OCoLC)1178249048 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Surya Deva; David Birchall, (Law teacher) |
| ISBN: | 9781786436399 1786436396 |
| OCLC Number: | 1142531960 |
| Description: | xiv, 551 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | From 'business or human rights' to 'business and human rights' : what next? / Surya Deva -- Part I: Human rights and business : history and evolution -- The history of 'business and human rights' and its relationship with corporate social responsibility / Florian Wettstein -- The rise and fall of the Alien Tort Statute / Beth Stephens -- The social construction of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights / John Gerard Ruggie -- Part II: Corporate human rights due diligence -- Human rights due diligence in theory and practice / Mark B. Taylor -- Human rights due diligence and the (over) reliance on social auditing in supply chains / Justine Nolan and Nana Frishling -- Humanising the global supply chain : building a 'decent work' environment in the ready-made garments supply industry in Bangladesh / Mia Mahmudur Rahim -- Human rights due diligence and extractive industries / Daniela Chimisso dos Santos and Sara L. Seck -- Part III: Regulatory role and tools of states -- The use of disclosure-based regulation to advance the state's duty to protect / Jena Martin -- State jurisdiction over transnational business activity affecting human rights / Doug Cassel -- Human rights responsibilities of state owned enterprises / Larry Catá Backer -- Human rights and public procurement of goods and services / Claire Methven O'Brien and Olga Martin-Ortega -- Part IV: Human rights' interaction with trade, investment and finance -- Framing the broader context of business and human rights : the impact of trade agreements on human rights / Markus Krajewski -- Human rights law and the investment treaty regime / Jesse Coleman, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Lise Johnson -- The multilateral development banks and the management of the human rights impacts of their operations / Danny Bradlow and Andria Naudé Fourie -- Part V: Heightened human rights risks : groups and/or operating context -- Business and indigenous peoples' human rights / Jernej Letnar Černič -- Protecting the most vulnerable : embedding children's rights in the business and human rights project / Jonathan Kolieb -- Business and human rights in transitional justice : challenges for complex environments / Tara Van Ho -- Part VI: Access to remedy and corporate accountability : opportunities and challenges -- Access to effective remedy : the role of information / Nicola Jägers -- The role of civil society and human rights defenders in corporate accountability / David Birchall -- Liability within corporate groups : parent company's accountability for subsidiary human rights abuses / Radu Mares -- Remedy is the reason : non-judicial grievance mechanisms and access to remedy / Mariëtte van Huijstee and Joseph Wilde-Ramsing -- National human rights institutions and their (extended) role in the business and human rights field / Humberto Cantú Rivera -- Atrocities and victim redress : the opportunities and challenges of international criminal justice / Joanna Kyriakakis. |
| Series Title: | Research handbooks in human rights. |
| Responsibility: | Edited by Surya Deva, David Birchall. |
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'The Research Handbook on Human Rights and Business surveys many of the most important issues that anyone interested in ensuring human rights protections must understand and address. It challenges the current state of the field, calls into question 'co-opting' human rights rhetoric to advance economic interests, and offers some correctives to counter the increasing corporate capture of policy making processes. The contributions contained in this volume serve to explain and to expand a fast moving and growing field of inquiry exploring the interactions between human rights and different areas of law. The Handbook is a critical reference for anyone who seeks to better understand the past and future of business and human rights.' -- Erika George, University of Utah, US 'The Research Handbook on Human Rights and Business is simply the most magisterial treatment of this fast growing, but challenging, field I have seen in the last 20 years; rich in its diversity of opinions, comprehensive in its coverage of issues, and commanding as regards the depth and rigour of each contribution. There is a refreshing authenticity in the voices expressed in this Handbook by the various authors, all of whom have worked in this field for a considerable period of time. The Handbook is work of outstanding scholarly standard that should earn prime space on the bookshelves of all those interested in policy making, implementation and enforcement of standards, research and postgraduate teaching on business and human rights.' -- Danwood Chirwa, University of Cape Town, South Africa 'This book provides vital and intelligent insights into the rapidly developing area of business and human rights. The chapters cover a broad variety of key issues and are written by some of the leading experts in their fields, who provide excellent analysis and critiques of the policies, practices and law in this area. It should be an essential part of corporate, government, international organisation, civil society and academic reading - and action - in this area.' -- Robert McCorquodale, University of Nottingham and Brick Court Chambers, UK 'The debate on business and human rights has often been drowned in conceptual waters - duties vs. responsibilities, due diligence vs. sphere of influence, and so forth. This ambitious volume does not avoid these issues, but it goes much further: it captures the emerging practices and dilemmas facing business and governments. It is an indispensable tool to both researchers and activists.' -- Olivier De Schutter, University of Louvain, Belgium and Member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 'A must-have collection for anyone interested in business and human rights: a veritable who's-who in the field covers a comprehensive range of issues, including historical perspectives, an unpacking of corporate due diligence, the role of states, heightened risk contexts, interactions with international economic law, and the availability of remedies.' -- Sarah Joseph, Griffith University, Australia Read more...
