Research Handbook on Global Governance, Business and Human Rights

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

This essential Research Handbook provides a comprehensive and critical assessment of the global governance instruments related to business and human rights from an interdisciplinary perspective. Contributions from a diverse range of leading international scholars offer an overview of the existing literature and rapidly-evolving research discipline, as well as identifying key trends and outlining an ambitious future research agenda.The Research Handbook first examines governance initiatives that operate across economic sectors, discussing both public and private initiatives at state, regional and international levels that seek to develop, implement and enforce rules with regard to the impacts of transnational business activities on human rights. Chapters then investigate particular economic sectors – including textiles, electronics, agro-chemical, construction, and finance – to assess the ways in which different initiatives attempt to mitigate risks and address business-related human rights abuses.Scholars of law, regulatory governance, global governance, management, human rights and social sciences who are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the emerging business and human rights regime will find this Research Handbook a crucial read. It will also prove a useful and thorough introduction for students, scholars and practitioners new to the field of business and human rights.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-03-15
Mått:169 x 244 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Research Handbooks on Globalisation and the Law series
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781788979825

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Mer om författaren

Edited by Axel Marx, Deputy Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium, Geert Van Calster, Full Professor, KU Leuven, Belgium, Visiting Professor, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and a practising member of the Belgian Bar and Jan Wouters, Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam EU and Global Governance, and Director, Institute for International Law and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Belgiumwith Kari Otteburn, doctoral researcher, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Diana Lica, doctoral researcher, Centre for Private International Law, KU Leuven, Belgium

Recensioner i media

‘The chapters in this Handbook present a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of the wide-ranging initiatives of non-state actors to improve the human rights performance of global firms. An impressive and informative collaborative effort by two dozen distinguished scholars that tells us both what we now know and what we still need to learn about this important subject.’

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:1 Global governance of business and human rights: introduction 1Axel Marx, Kari Otteburn, Diana Lica, Geert van Calster and Jan Wouters2 The United Nations Draft Treaty on Business and Human Rights: ananalysis of its emergence, development and potential 21Radu Mares3 Business and human rights and regional systems of human rightsprotection: applying a governance lens 44Claire Methven O’Brien4 The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights:what contribution are the National Action Plans making? 75Carmen Márquez Carrasco5 Transparency and human rights in global supply chains: fromcorporate-led disclosure to a right to know 99Olga Martin-Ortega6 Human rights due diligence instruments: evaluating the currentlegislative landscape 120Robert McCorquodale7 Public procurement as an instrument to pursue human rights protection 142Sope Williams-Elegbe8 Voluntary standards for business and human rights: reviewing andcategorizing the field 161Andreas Rasche9 The efficacy of voluntary standards, sustainability certifications, andethical labels 176Elizabeth A. Bennett10 No ISO fix for human rights: a critical perspective on ISO 26000guidance on social responsibility 204Stéphanie Bijlmakers11 Seeking remedies for corporate human rights abuses: what is thecontribution of OECD National Contact Points? 228Kari Otteburn and Axel Marx12 Business and human rights: what role for National Human Rights Institutions? 253Linda C. Reif13 The role of Human Rights Ombudsman Institutions in business andhuman rights 273Jernej Letnar Černič14 Regulating human rights in the textile sector: smoke and mirrors 290Justine Nolan15 The electronics industry: governance of business and human rightsagainst a background of complexity 311Peter Pawlicki16 Biotechnologies and concentration in theagro-biochemical-technological market: risks and challenges for human rights 333Ana Luiza da Gama e Souza17 Human rights and the global construction sector: deconstructing thechallenges faced by low-wage workers 357David Segall18 Ensuring financial sector compliance with human rights: from theUNGPs to complicity 379Marta BordignonIndex