Teaching Business and Human Rights

Edited by Anthony Ewing, Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School, Co-Founder, Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum, US

‘Teaching Business and Human Rights through expert analyses, compelling case studies and teaching pedagogy offers a comprehensive resource that is valuable not only for academics but also for practitioners, policy-makers, and business leaders. [...] A unique feature of the book is that it tackles current BHR challenges that are relevant to business practice. [...] Anthony Ewing and the contributors have created more than a teaching resource; the book is a compendium for transformative cross-disciplinary human rights education which moves BHR as a concept beyond the imperial shadow of legalese. The book […] offers a fresh perspective for shaping future research agendas and fostering an interactive teaching pedagogy pertinent to both students and researchers. By providing a holistic and accessible overview of the field, the book facilitates the introduction to BHR and has the potential to contribute to mainstreaming BHR education.’

• Contents:1 Introduction to Teaching Business and Human Rights 1Anthony EwingPART I FOUNDATIONAL TOPICS2 Corporate responsibility 13Florian Wettstein3 Human rights 26Anthony Ewing4 Labor rights 43Angela B. Cornell5 The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business andHuman Rights 58Anthony Ewing6 Right to remedy 74Lisa J. LaplantePART II BUSINESS PRACTICE7 Corporations 88Jena Martin8 Human rights due diligence 100Robert McCorquodale and Daria Davitti9 Human rights impact assessment 113Mark Wielga10 Non-governmental human rights grievance mechanisms 129Mark WielgaPART III CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY11 Mandatory human rights due diligence 144Claire Bright and Nicolas Bueno12 Judicial remedy 160Rachel Chambers13 The Alien Tort Statute 176Anthony Ewing14 Complicity 187Anthony Ewing15 The OECD National Contact Point Mechanism 203Elizabeth Umlas16 Multistakeholder human rights initiatives 218Dorothée Baumann-Pauly and Michael Posner17 Business and human rights in the Inter-American System 229Humberto Cantú RiveraPART IV KEY ISSUES18 Modern slavery in supply chains 243Justine Nolan19 Human rights and the environment 263Sara L. Seck20 Land rights 278Mina Manuchehri and Beth Roberts21 Rights of Indigenous Peoples 292Kendyl Salcito22 The right to food 310Uché Ewelukwa Ofodile23 The right to water 324Uché Ewelukwa Ofodile24 Technology and human rights 339Faris Natour and Roger McElrath25 Engineering for human rights 352Shareen Hertel, Davis Chacon Hurtado, and Sandra Sirota26 Finance, investors, and human rights 364Erika George and Ariel Meyerstein27 Accounting for human rights 383John Ferguson28 Mega-sporting events and human rights 396Daniela Heerdt29 Trade and human rights 409Margaret E. Roggensack and Eric R. Biel30 Business and conflict 423Salil TripathiBibliography 441Index