ISBN 13 : 9780815356837

Contents :
Contributors: Björn Fasterling, Karin Buhmann, Larry Backer, Katerina Yiannibas, Jennifer Zerk, Daniëlla Dam-de Jong, Jessy Emaus, Marjolein Cupido, Mark Hornman, Wim Huisman, Paul Dowling, Nicolas Bueno, Martijn Scheltema


Part I. General perspectives
1. Introduction
2. Whose responsibilities? The responsibility of the ‘business enterprise' to respect human rights
3. National contact points under OECD's guidelines for multinational enterprises: institutional diversity affecting assessments of the delivery of access to remedy
4. Unpacking accountability in business and human rights: the multinational enterprise, the state, and the international community

Part II. Accountability through international law mechanisms
5. The effectiveness of international arbitration to provide remedy for business-related human rights abuses
6. Justice without borders: models of cross-border legal cooperation and what they can teach us
7. Ignorantia facti excusat? – The viability of due diligence as a model to establish international criminal accountability for corporate actors purchasing natural resources from conflict zones

Part III. Accountability through domestic public law mechanisms
8. From ‘too big to be governed' to ‘not too big to be responsible'?
9. Holding businessmen criminally liable for international crimes: lessons from the Netherlands on how to address remote involvement
10. Legally binding duties for corporations under domestic criminal law not to commit modern slavery

Part IV. Accountability through domestic private law mechanisms
11. Limited liability and separate corporate personality in multinational corporate groups: conceptual flaws, accountability gaps and the case for profit-risk liability
12. The Swiss federal initiative on responsible business – from responsibility to liability
13. The mismatch between human rights policies and contract law: improving contractual mechanisms to advance human rights compliance in supply chains

Part V. Conclusion
14. Accountability, international business operations and the law: the way forward

Language : English

Series : GLOBALIZATION: LAW AND POLICY

Location : Nice Library

Material : Paper

Statement : Présent

Owner : Bibliothèque