Business and human rights / edited by Manoj Kumar Sinha.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Corporations and human rights : towards binding international legal obligations? / Jernej Letnar Černič -- Business and human rights : an Indian perspective / Manoj Kumar Sinha -- Rights and responsibilities of the American business corporation / Ronald J. Colombo -- Corporate law tools and the guiding principles for business and human rights / Sara L. Seck -- Access to remedy for victims of business-related abuse? Some reflections / Angelica Bonfanti -- Extraterritorial regulation of companies and the UN guiding principles on human rights and business / Anita M. Halvorssen and Karin Buhmann -- Transnational corporations as bystanders under international law / Jena Martin Amerson -- Translating Unocal : the liability of transnational corporations for human rights violations / Benoît Frydman and Ludovic Hennebel -- Private international substitutes for domestic legal institutions : process certification programs in global supply chains / Li-Wen Lin -- Extraterritorial human rights and RICO after Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. / Eric Engle -- Business, intellectual property, and human rights / Robin Ramcharan -- Human rights and international investment law / Guiguo Wang, Xiaoli He, and Qi Xue -- Business and human rights education / Bertrand G. Ramcharan -- Transnational business interests and human rights in agribusiness land leases in Africa / Anastasia Telesetsky -- Out of darkness into light? CESCR General Comment No. 18 on the right to work / Francesco Seatzu.

<P class=""ABOUTBOOKAI"" style=""line-height: 150%; margin: 12pt 0in 5pt;"">In the 21st century, one of the most noteworthy changes in the human rights debate relates to the increased recognition of the link between business and human rights. This book is an attempt to explore this relationship and also to look into the obligations of the state and transnational corporations in the promotion of human rights. <br /><strong><br />Business and Human Rights</strong> discusses how globalization has affected individuals in the enjoyment of their human rights in relation to the activities of corporat.

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