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Transnational Corporations and Human Rights

By Olivier De Schutter

Book information

Publisher
Hart Pub
Year
2006
ISBN
1841136530, 9781841136530, 9781847312761
Open Library ID
OL8918380M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1481755 bytes)
Series
Studies in international law v.12
Pages
438\438
Topic
Psychology
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

This volume offers a systematic overview of the different tools through which the human rights accountability of transnational corporations may be improved. It first examines the responsibility of States in controlling transnational corporations, emphasizing both the limits imposed by the protection of the rights of investors under investment treaties and the potential of the US Alien Tort Claims Act and other similar extra-territorial legislations. It then turns to self-regulation by transnational corporations, through the use of codes of conduct or international framework agreements. It then discusses recent attempts at the global level to improve the human rights accountability of corporations by the direct imposition on corporations of obligations under international law. Finally, it considers the use of public procurement policies or of conditionalities in the lending policies of multilateral lending institutions in order to incentivize TNCs to behave ethically. Altogether, the book offers a rigorous legal analysis of these different developments and critically appraises their potential.

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