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Research Handbook on Global Governance, Business and Human Rights

Research Handbook on Global Governance, Business and Human Rights

Author: Axel Marx; Geert Van Calster; Jan Wouters; Kari Otteburn; Diana Lica
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781035325245

Published In: September 2023
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781788979825

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This essential Research Handbook provides a comprehensive and critical assessment of the global governance instruments related to business and human rights from an interdisciplinary perspective. Contributions from a diverse range of leading international scholars offer an overview of the existing literature and rapidly-evolving research discipline, as well as identifying key trends and outlining an ambitious future research agenda.

The Research Handbook first examines governance initiatives that operate across economic sectors, discussing both public and private initiatives at state, regional and international levels that seek to develop, implement and enforce rules with regard to the impacts of transnational business activities on human rights. Chapters then investigate particular economic sectors – including textiles, electronics, agro-chemical, construction, and finance – to assess the ways in which different initiatives attempt to mitigate risks and address business-related human rights abuses within each sector.

Scholars of law, regulatory governance, global governance, management, human rights and social sciences who are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the emerging business and human rights regime will find this Research Handbook a crucial read. It will also prove a useful and thorough introduction for students, scholars and practitioners new to the field of business and human rights.

1. Global governance of business and human rights: introduction

Axel Marx, Kari Otteburn, Diana Lica, Geert van Calster and Jan Wouters

2. The United Nations Draft Treaty on Business and Human Rights: an analysis of its emergence, development and potential

Radu Mares

3. Business and human rights and regional systems of human rights protection: applying a governance lens

Claire Methven O’Brien

4. The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: what contribution are the National Action Plans making?

Carmen Márquez Carrasco

5. Transparency and human rights in global supply chains: from corporate-led disclosure to a right to know

Olga Martin-Ortega

6. Human rights due diligence instruments: evaluating the current legislative landscape

Robert McCorquodale

7. Public procurement as an instrument to pursue human rights protection

Sope Williams-Elegbe

8. Voluntary standards for business and human rights: reviewing and categorizing the field

Andreas Rasche

9. The efficacy of voluntary standards, sustainability certifications, and ethical labels

Elizabeth A. Bennett

10. No ISO fix for human rights: a critical perspective on ISO 26000

guidance on social responsibility

Stéphanie Bijlmakers

11. Seeking remedies for corporate human rights abuses: what is the contribution of OECD National Contact Points?

Kari Otteburn and Axel Marx

12. Business and human rights: what role for National Human Rights Institutions?

Linda C. Reif

13. The role of Human Rights Ombudsman Institutions in business and human rights

Jernej Letnar Černič

14. Regulating human rights in the textile sector: smoke and mirrors

Justine Nolan

15. The electronics industry: governance of business and human rights against a background of complexity

Peter Pawlicki

16. Biotechnologies and concentration in the agro-biochemical-technological market: risks and challenges for human rights

Ana Luiza da Gama e Souza

17. Human rights and the global construction sector: deconstructing the challenges faced by low-wage workers

David Segall

18. Ensuring financial sector compliance with human rights: from the UNGPs to complicity

Marta Bordignon

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