Corporate Obligations under International Law

Author: Markos Karavias
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199674381
Published In: November 2013
Format: Hardback , 256 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
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Provides a structural analysis of corporate obligations under international human rights law
Examines the sources of corporate obligations in both treaty law and customary international law
Assesses whether corporate obligations mirror the structure of state obligations or fundamentally challenge it

This book examines the extent to which international law places obligations directly on corporate entities. It is often argued that corporations are bound by, inter alia, the same human rights and environmental obligations that states have. This book examines the source of these supposed obligations in treaty law, international custom, and in internationalized contracts, to determine whether they really can be transposed to corporations so easily.

The focus of the book is on the regulation by international law of private corporate conduct. It examines whether corporate obligations, namely obligations binding directly upon a corporation under positive international law, have indeed emerged, and if so, whether corporations may be systemically included in the predominantly state-centric framework of international law. It investigates the challenges facing international law as a result of the potential emergence of corporate obligations, and engages in a structural analysis of what corporate obligations under international human rights law might entail. Ultimately, it warns against conceptualizing corporations as both holders and potential violators of human rights, explaining why they are not automatically bound by the same obligations that are imposed on states.

Readership: Students and scholars of international human rights law, international environmental law, and corporate law; legal practitioners, NGO legal advisers, and human rights activists

Introduction
1: The Concept of Corporate Obligations
2: Corporate Obligations under Treaty Law
3: Corporate Obligations under Customary Law
4: Corporate Obligations under Internationalized Contracts
5: The Structural Framework for Corporate Obligations
Conclusion

Markos Karavias, Expert Legal Officer, Asylum Appeals Committees, Ministry of Citizen Protection, Greece

Markos Karavias is an Expert Legal Officer at the Asylum Appeals Committees, Ministry of Citizen Protection, Greece, seconded by the National Committee for Human Rights. He undertook his DPhil at the St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, and in 2010 acted as Associate Editor for the Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts.