Transnational Corporations and Human Rights

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-316-64880-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 272 g

The number of transnational corporations - including parent companies and subsidiaries - has exploded over the last forty years, which has led to a correlating rise of corporate violations of international human rights and environmental laws, either directly or in conjunction with government security forces, local police, state-run businesses, or other businesses. In this work, Gwynne Skinner details the harms of business-related human rights violations on local communities and describes the barriers, both functional and institutional, that victims face in seeking remedies. She concludes by offering solutions to these barriers, with a focus on measures designed to improve judicial remedies, which are the heart of international human rights law but often fail to deliver justice to victims. This work should be read by anyone concerned with the role of corporations in our increasingly globalized society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Skinner, Gwynne L

Weitere Mitwirkende

Chambers, Rachel

McGrath, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wirtschaftsethik, Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Außenhandel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part I. Rise of Transnational Corporations, Impact on Human Rights, and Victims' Rights to Remedy; 1. Growth and Structure of Transnational Corporations; 2. Victims' Rights to Remedy for Business-Related Human Rights Violations; 3. Barriers to Judicial Remedies in Host Countries; 4. Limits on Subject Matter Jurisdiction over International Human Rights Violations; 5. Limited Liability of Parent Corporations; 6. Lack of in Personam Jurisdiction over Transnational Corporations and their Affiliates; Part II. Legal Barriers to Remedy and How to Overcome Them; 7. Overcoming Legal Barriers to Remedy; 8. Overcoming Other Barriers to Remedy; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Skinner, Gwynne L
Gwynne L. Skinner was Professor of Law and director of the Immigration Clinic at Willamette University. Along with teaching, Skinner also served as a civil rights and international human rights attorney in Seattle, a civil litigator at Dorsey and Whitney LLP, and a federal and state prosecutor. Her cutting-edge human rights litigation included the representation of individuals in immigrant detention, clients before the European Court of Human Rights, and the Palestinian families and parents of Rachel Corrie in the suit against Caterpillar, Inc. An advisor for the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), she was the author of many leading human rights reports.