The Cambridge Companion to Business and Human Rights Law

Part I. Conceptual Framework: 1. The links between business and human rights under international law and the role of non-state actors Ilias Bantekas; 2. International trade and human rights Francesco Seatzu; 3. Neo-liberalism, state-capitalism and European ordo-liberalism: why power politics and 'constitutional failures' undermine economic law and human rights law Ulrich Petersmann; 4. Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility John Paterson; 5. The role of business in international development and the attainment of the sustainable development goals Katerina Akestoridis; 6. The business and economic case for human rights Dorothee Baumann-Pauly and Lilach Trabelsi; 7. The business and economic case for human rights Maximilian Schormair; Part II. Regulatory Framework: 8. The UN guiding principles and its predecessors Surya Deva; 9. The regulatory framework of multinational enterprises Peter Muchlinski; 10. The UN global compact and the OECD guidelines on multinational enterprises and their enforcement mechanisms Andreas Rasche; 11. Taxation and business with a focus on the human rights dimension of transfer pricing and other corporate tax practices Reuven Avi-Yonah; 12. Corporate accountability for the natural environment and climate change Damilola Olawuyi; 13. Corporate accountability for corruption and the business case for transparency Philip Nichols; 14. Implementation of the convention on the rights of disabled persons by corporations Michael Ashley Stein; 15. Gender, business and human rights Jessica Corsi; 16. The business sector and the rights to work and just and favorable conditions of work Marija Jovanovic; 17. Ethical and responsible lending to sovereigns, credit rating agencies and export credit as drivers of human rights Aline Darbellay Susso; 18. Intellectual property rights and human rights Molly Land and Lea M. Nesselhauf; Part III. Remedies and Dispute Resolution: 19. Remedies (judicial and settlements) against business for breaches of human rights Richard Meeran; 20. The role of human rights in foreign investment law and arbitration Silvia Karin Steininger; 21. An international business and human rights tribunal Judith Levine and Sarah Castles; 22. Innovative contractual remedies with indigenous peoples Kinnari Bhatt; Part IV. Practical Enforcement Tools: 23. Legal, ethical and practical dimensions of human rights impact assessments and successful case studies Ilias Bantekas; 24. Drafting a corporate (sustainability) audit report Chiara Ferracioli and Julien Parkhomenko; 25. The consumer case for sustainable business practices: lessons for corporations Anna Triponel; 26. Effectively monitoring business global supply chains and addressing host state pressure to decrease human rights standards Tam Nguyen; 27. A business and human rights treaty Ilias Bantekas.