Issue d'une thèse, une étude portant sur les implications de la mise en place d'un cadre juridique favorable aux droits de l'homme au sein des entreprises multinationales, adopté par le Conseil des droits de l'homme des Nations unies en juin 2014. L'auteur rend compte des évolutions à la fois légales, politiques et diplomatiques de ce nouvel instrument pénal. ©Electre 2025
In the framework of its 26th session in June 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted resolution A/HRC/ RES/26/9, « Elaboration of an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights ». This proposal contained a mandate to create an open-ended intergovernmental working group with the task to begin a negotiation to set rules on an issue that has been elusive in the international agenda.
While acknowledging that transnational corporations bring foreign direct investment, trade, and technology transfer, especially to developing countries, in exchange, they enjoy advantages, such as legal protection through national provisions, and bilateral and regional trade and investment agreements. However, this protective shield rarely takes into consideration human rights, environ- mental, or labor issues, leaving victims of corporate abuses in a disadvantageous and unfair position when they have to claim for their rights.
This work deals with some of the most relevant legal, political, and diplomatic topics of this debate, from the view of an insider of the first stages of one of the most ambitious multilateral current nego- tiation processes in the field of international human rights law. History will show to what extent societies are prepared to move forward and to place human dignity at the center of the interna- tional debate, and to privilege human rights over other kinds of interests.
Paru le : 18/05/2021
Thématique : Droits de l'homme
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Luis Espinosa Salas
Éditeur(s) :
Schulthess
Collection(s) : Collection genevoise
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-3-7255-8810-7
EAN13 : 9783725588107
Reliure : Broché
Pages : XIX-469
Hauteur: 23.0 cm / Largeur 16.0 cm
Épaisseur: 2.8 cm
Poids: 800 g
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