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Corporate Accountability under Socio-Economic Rights book cover

1st Edition

Corporate Accountability under Socio-Economic Rights

By Jernej Letnar Černič Copyright 2019
308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge
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In recent decades, corporations have increasingly accepted that they have obligations to respect the socio-economic rights of individuals whose rights to livelihoods, education, food, health, housing and water are affected by the actions of corporations on a daily basis. Despite this, it is often difficult for victims to bring corporations to court for violations of their socio-economic rights.... Read more

Foreword  - Paolo Davide Farah



Acknowledgements





PART I



Fundamental concepts and historical context



1 Corporate accountability for socio-economic rights: introductory remarks



2 The historical development of corporate accountability for socio-economic rights



3 Globalization, investment and the socio-economic environment



4 Business, socio-economic rights and good practices





PART II



Corporate accountability for socio-economic rights



5 Corporate human rights obligations under socioeconomic rights



6 Corporate human rights obligations under specific socio-economic rights



7 Access to justice for victims of socio-economic rights violations





PART III



Corporate accountability for socio-economic rights and case studies



8 Corporate accountability concerning socio-economic rights in Cambodia



9 Corporate accountability concerning socio-economic rights in China



10 Corporate accountability concerning socio-economic rights in Colombia





PART IV



Proposals for reform



11 Conclusions and recommendations





Index

Biography

Jernej Letnar Černič is Associate Professor of Human Rights Law at the Graduate School of Government and European Studies, Senior Research Associate at gLAWcal – Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development (United Kingdom) and Senior Research Fellow at the University Institute of European Studies – IUSE, Turin (Italy). He graduated from University of Ljubljana with the France Prešeren award. He completed his Ph.D. in Human Rights Law at the University of Aberdeen and holds a Diploma in Human Rights Law from the European University Institute and Diplome de droit international et de Droit compare des Droits de l’Homme (merit) from René Cassin Institut International des droits de l’homme. He has written extensively in the past on business and human rights law and on the European Human Rights Law. His works have been cited in reports by the United Nations, European Parliament and the Council of Europe and in academic studies from around the world.

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