Accountability, International Business Operations and the Law

Part 1 General perspectives;

Chapter 1 Introduction;

Chapter 2 Whose Responsibilities? The Responsibility of the 'Business Enterprise' to Respect Human Rights;

Chapter 3 National Contact Points under OECD's Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: Institutional Diversity Affecting Assessments of the Delivery of Access to Remedy;

Chapter 4 Unpacking Accountability in Business and Human Rights: The Multinational Enterprise, the State, and the International Community;

Part 2 Accountability through international law mechanisms;

Chapter 5 The Effectiveness of International Arbitration to Provide Remedy for Business-Related Human Rights Abuses;

Chapter 6 Justice without Borders: Models of Cross-Border Legal Cooperation and What They can Teach us;

Chapter 7 Ignorantia facti excusat? - The Viability of Due Diligence as a Model to Establish International Criminal Accountability for Corporate Actors Purchasing Natural Resources from Conflict Zones;

Part 3 Accountability through domestic public law mechanisms;

Chapter 8 From 'Too Big to be Governed' to 'Not Too Big to be Responsible'?;

Chapter 9 Holding Businessmen Criminally Liable for International Crimes: Lessons from the Netherlands on How to Address Remote Involvement;

Chapter 10 Legally Binding Duties for Corporations under Domestic Criminal Law Not to Commit Modern Slavery;

Part 4 Accountability through domestic private law mechanisms;

Chapter 11 Limited Liability and Separate Corporate Personality in Multinational Corporate Groups: Conceptual Flaws, Accountability Gaps and the Case for Profit-Risk Liability;

Chapter 12 The Swiss Federal Initiative on Responsible Business - From Responsibility to Liability
Chapter 13 The Mismatch between Human Rights Policies and Contract Law: Improving Contractual Mechanisms to Advance Human Rights Compliance in Supply Chains;

Part 5 Conclusion;

Chapter 14 Accountability, International Business Operations and The Law: The Way Forward;