Non-State Actors and Human Rights

Human Rights

Non-State Actors and Human Rights

By Philip Alston
Oxford University Press July 2005

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780199272822
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
July 2005
Format
Paperback , 398 pages
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

  • Responsibility of Non-State Actors is one of the biggest and most critical challenges facing international law today
  • Covers the role of important non-governmental institutions including the IMF and the WTO
  • Assesses the challenge posed by the behaviour of transnational corporations

Readership: Scholars and advanced students of human rights and of international law

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction
1: Philip Alston: The 'Not-a-Cat' Syndrome: Can the International Human Rights Regime Accommodate Non-State Actors?
2: August Reinisch: The Changing International Legal Framework for Dealing with Non-State Actors
Part II: Non-Governmental Organizations and International Organizations as Non-State Actors
3: Menno T. Kamminga: The Evolving Status of NGOs under International Law: A Threat to the Inter-State System?
4: François Gianviti: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and the International Monetary Fund
Part III: Corporations
5: Celia Wells and Juanita Elias: Catching the Conscience of the King: Corporate Players on the International Stage
6: Ralph Steinhardt: Corporate Responsibility and the International Law of Human Rights: The NewLex Mercatoria
7: Olivier de Schutter: The Accountability of Multinationals for Human Rights Violations in European Law
8: David Weissbrodt and Muria Kruger: Human Rights Responsibilities of Businesses as None-State Actors
Mary Rumsey: Bibliography on Non-State Actors in International Law

About the Author

Edited by Philip Alston, Professor of Law at New York University Law School

Contributors: 
Philip Alston
August Reinisch
Menno T. Kamminga
François Gianviti
Celia Wells and Juanita Elias
Ralph Steinhardt
Olivier de Schutter
David Weissbrodt and Muria Kruger
Mary Rumsey
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