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"Despite the continuous addition of regulatory initiatives concerning corporate human rights responsibilities, what we witness more often than not is a situation of corporate impunity for human rights abuses. The Bhopal gas leak - examined as a site of human rights violations rather than as a mass tort or an environmental tragedy - illustrates that the regulatory challenges that the victims experienced in 1984 have not been overcome so far. This book grapples with and offers solutions to three major regulatory challenges to obligating companies to comply with human rights norms whilst doing business, and asks; why companies should adhere to human rights, what these responsibilities are, and how to ensure that companies comply with their responsibilities. Building on literature in the fields of law, human rights, business ethics, management, regulation and philosophy, this book proposes a new 'integrated theory of regulation' to overcome inadequacies of the existing regulatory framework that seeks to humanize business"--

Human rights --- MVO (maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen) --- mensenrechten --- Corporate governance --- Human Rights --- Corporations --- Law and legislation --- Corrupt practices --- Corporate governance - Law and legislation --- Corporations - Corrupt practices

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Business corporations can and do violate human rights all over the world, and they are often not held to account. Emblematic cases and situations such as the state of the Niger Delta and the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory are examples of corporate human rights abuses which are not adequately prevented and remedied. Business and human rights as a field seeks to enhance the accountability of business – companies and businesspeople – in the human rights area, or, to phrase it differently, to bridge the accountability gap. Bridging the accountability gap is to be understood as both setting standards and holding corporations and businesspeople to account if violations occur.Adopting a legal perspective, this book presents the ways in which this dual undertaking has been and could be further carried out in the future, and evaluates the extent to which the various initiatives in the field bridge the corporate accountability gap. It looks at the historical background of the field of business and human rights, and examines salient periods, events and cases. The book then goes on to explore the relevance of international human rights law and international criminal law for global business. International soft law and policy initiatives which have blossomed in recent years are evaluated along with private modes of regulation. The book also examines how domestic law, especially the domestic law of multinational companies’ home countries, can be used to prevent and redress corporate related human rights violations.

Human rights --- MVO (maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen) --- International law --- mensenrechten --- Corporate governance --- Human Rights --- Social responsibility of business --- International business enterprises --- Law and legislation --- Economic aspects --- Human rights. --- Social responsibility of business. --- Law and legislation. --- Economic aspects. --- Corporate governance - Law and legislation --- Human rights - Economic aspects --- International business enterprises - Law and legislation

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In modern international law, permanent sovereignty over natural resources has come to entail duties as well as rights. This study analyses the evolution of permanent sovereignty from a political claim to a principle of international law, and examines its significance for a number of controversial issues such as people's rights, nationalization and environmental conservation. Although political discussion has long focused on the rights arising from permanent sovereignty, Dr Schrijver argues that this has been at the expense of the consideration of the corollary obligations it also entails. His book thus identifies directions sovereignty over natural resources has taken in an increasingly interdependent world and demonstrates its relevance to debate on foreign-investment regulation, the environment and sustainable development.

Natural resources --- Sovereignty. --- Government ownership --- Sovereignty --- State sovereignty (International relations) --- International law --- Political science --- Common heritage of mankind (International law) --- International relations --- Self-determination, National --- Environmental law --- Law and legislation. --- Law and legislation --- Natural resources - Law and legislation. --- Government ownership - Law and legislation. --- Environmental law, International --- Ressources naturelles --- Souveraineté --- Nationalisations --- Environnement (Droit international) --- Droit --- Economic policy and planning (general) --- Law --- natuurlijke grondstoffen --- General and Others

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As multinational corporations have become truly globalised, demands for global standards on their behaviour are increasingly difficult to dismiss. Work conditions in sweatshops, widespread destruction of the environment, and pharmaceutical trials in third world countries are only the tip of the iceberg. This timely collection of essays addresses the interface between the calls for corporate social responsibility and the demands for an extension of international human rights standards.

Human rights --- Business policy --- MVO (maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen) --- mensenrechten --- Corporate governance --- Human rights and globalization. --- Human rights. --- Social responsibility of business. --- Law and legislation. --- Economic aspects. --- Corporate governance -- Law and legislation. --- Social responsibility of business --- Law, Politics & Government --- Law, General & Comparative --- Law and legislation --- Corporate governance. --- Business ethics.