1st Edition

Business, Human Rights and Transitional Justice

By Irene Pietropaoli Copyright 2020
286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

This book considers the efficacy of transitional justice mechanisms in response to corporate human rights abuses. Corporations and other business enterprises often operate in countries affected by conflict or repressive regimes. As such, they may become involved in human rights violations and crimes under international law ‒ either as the main perpetrators or as accomplices by aiding and... Read more

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Business and human rights and transitional justice

2 Nuremberg and international criminal law

3 Regional human rights systems

4 Domestic criminal and civil liability

5 Truth-seeking processes

6 Administrative reparation programmes

7 Institutional reform

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Irene Pietropaoli is a Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) in London.