• Business and human rights

Business and human rights

This manual outlines legal measures in the United States for holding corporations and others parties accountable for human rights and environmental abuses overseas. The guide is directed toward non-lawyers who want to learn about this type of litigation, and possibly participate in a lawsuit. Although lawyers, especially those unfamiliar with the mechanics of these types of cases, may also benefit from this guide, it is not intended to be a scholarly treatise or replace legal counsel.

The report is divided into two main sections, legal issues and practical issues, and discusses the following topics:

• domestic and internaitonal cases
• plaintiffs and defendants
• legal obsticales
• risks and requirements
• proving the case.

The manual also contains an appendecies which give background on:

• torts and courts
• steps in a lawsuit
• major transnational cases.

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