Business and human rights
- Holding US corporations and others parties accountable for human rights and environmental abuses overseas
- In recent years, several laws have been used to allow lawsuits in United States courts for human rights violations, and other harms, that occurred in other countries. Most recently, several major multinational corporations have been sued in the U.S. for human rights abuses committed around the world. EarthRights International has just published a manual directed toward non-lawyers who want to learn more about this type of litigation, and possibly participate in a lawsuit. The manual explores both legal issues and also practical issues.
Latest Additions
- Country Risk Portal
- ( Human Rights and Business Project , 2010)
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The Human Rights and Business Country Risk Portal (based at the Danish Institute for Human Rights) will create the first freely available website where companies can access country-specific informa...
- Systematically identifying, predicting and responding to projects potential impacts on human rights
- ( Nomogaia Foundation , 2008)
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This methodology for Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) manual aims to systematically identify, predict and respond to projects' potential impacts on human rights. Experience has shown that...
- Understanding access to medicine as a human rights issue
- ( Alicia Ely Yamin / Boston University International Law Journal , 2004)
- An estimated 29.4 million adults and children live with HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the fact that new combinations of antiretroviral therapy and other medications have enabled HIV-posi...
- Does differentiated legal consciousness affect the human rights responses of corporations?
- ( L. A. Jacobs (ed) / The Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Project , 2008)
- Over the past decade or so, human rights have emerged as an important paradigm for framing disputes over corporate social responsibility. This paper identifies challenges in addressing human rights is...
- Understanding and internalising human rights obligations in the corporate sector
- ( J.F. Sherman;C. Pitts / Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative [Harvard University] , 2008)
- Ensuring a robust corporate culture that supports and respects human rights is critical to preventing business-related human rights abuses. This paper presents an accountability guide showing how a co...
- Enhancing understanding of the relationship between corporations and human rights
- ( Global Compact Network, United Nations , 2008)
- In 2008, the UN Human Rights Council produced a conceptual and policy framework to guide the business and human rights agenda. The framework rests on differentiated but complementary responsibilities,...
- Labour rights abuses in the pineapple supply chain
- ( International Labor Rights Forum , 2008)
- Since the 1960’s, pineapple production has quadrupled and export has tripled worldwide. While profits for some have tremendously expanded under such development, this report demonstrates how pin...
- Water rights from a business and human rights perspective
- ( Institute for Human Rights and Business , 2009)
- This report summarises a discussion of a group comprising businesses, international organisations, and civil society on issues pertaining to the right to water. The main issues discussed include:...
- The role of pharmaceutical companies in enhancing access to medicines
- ( R. Khosla;P. Hunt / The Human Rights Centre, University of Essex , 2008)
- This briefing points out that access to essential medicines is a fundamental element of the right to health. It examines the role of the pharmaceutical industry in ensuring access to medicines general...
- Assessing the impact of business activities on human rights
- ( O. Lenzen;M. d'Engelbronner / Aim for Human Rights , 2009)
- The tools in this guide for Human Rights Impact Assessments (HRIAs) are based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and help in assessing the impact of business on human rights....
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