Multinationals and Human Rights in Asia
Published on 16. April 2026
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-1-5099-8040-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book investigates the availability in Asian jurisdictions of civil remedies against multinational businesses for human rights abuses.
Various means have been developed in Europe and elsewhere to hold businesses accountable to victims for human rights abuses. Techniques include legislating due diligence requirements for companies operating abroad, broadening court jurisdiction to include foreign companies having subsidiaries within a country, expanding international jurisdiction, promoting universal jurisdiction, and implementing international conventions and sanctions.
On the 15th anniversary of the 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the book assesses whether the norms of the UN Guiding Principles have taken root in Asia, which has only had a mixed record for upholding human rights. The book first considers the international state of play in the field. It moves on to case studies of corporate governance and human rights in Asia (especially Japan, South Korea, India, Thailand and the Philippines). It then examines emerging issues (environmental damage and climate change, crimes against humanity, and compliance programs and corporate criminal responsibility), and considers how Asia has dealt and can deal with corporate responsibility in connection with those matters. By way of conclusion, the book offers an action plan for implementing the UN Guiding Principles in Asia.
Various means have been developed in Europe and elsewhere to hold businesses accountable to victims for human rights abuses. Techniques include legislating due diligence requirements for companies operating abroad, broadening court jurisdiction to include foreign companies having subsidiaries within a country, expanding international jurisdiction, promoting universal jurisdiction, and implementing international conventions and sanctions.
On the 15th anniversary of the 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the book assesses whether the norms of the UN Guiding Principles have taken root in Asia, which has only had a mixed record for upholding human rights. The book first considers the international state of play in the field. It moves on to case studies of corporate governance and human rights in Asia (especially Japan, South Korea, India, Thailand and the Philippines). It then examines emerging issues (environmental damage and climate change, crimes against humanity, and compliance programs and corporate criminal responsibility), and considers how Asia has dealt and can deal with corporate responsibility in connection with those matters. By way of conclusion, the book offers an action plan for implementing the UN Guiding Principles in Asia.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
740 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5099-8040-6 (9781509980406)
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Jason Ho Ching Cheung | Kazuaki Nishioka
Multinationals and Human Rights in Asia
E-Book
04/2026
1st Edition
Hart Publishing
€111.99
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Jason Ho Ching Cheung | Kazuaki Nishioka
Multinationals and Human Rights in Asia
E-Book
04/2026
1st Edition
Hart Publishing
€111.99
Available for download
Persons
Jason Ho Ching Cheung is a Hong Kong barrister and New York attorney practicing from Albert Luk's Chambers, Hong Kong and Yodoyabashi & Yamagami LPC, Japan. He is also a part-time lecturer at the Graduate School of Law and the Institute for the Liberal Arts at Doshisha University, Japan.
Kazuaki Nishioka is a specially appointed Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Law of Kobe University, Japan.
Kazuaki Nishioka is a specially appointed Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Law of Kobe University, Japan.
Content
Part 1: Introduction
1. Introduction, Jason Ho Ching Cheung (Albert Luk's Chambers, Hong Kong / Yodoyabashi & Yamagami LPC, Japan)
2. Litigations against Corporations - Why Enforce Human Rights Against Multinationals?, Koh Matsuki (Proxy Watcher, Japan) and Antonia Burke (Sea of Nations, Australia)
3. International Jurisdiction, Universal Jurisdiction, Extraterritoriality and the Enforcement of Human Rights Across Borders (Including the Use of Sanctions), Daichi Ishii (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)
4. The UN Guiding Principles - A Significant Step but not yet Delivering the Promised Corporate Respect for Human Rights, Ebony Birchall (Macquarie University, Australia)
5. A Decade of UN Business and Human Rights Treaty Negotiations - Something to See Here?, Antony Crockett (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, Hong Kong), Aaron Tang (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, Hong Kong) and Jefferi Hamzah Sendut (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, London)
6. The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive - Challenges and Potentials in the ASEAN Context, Tamio Nakamura (Waseda University, Japan)
Part 2: Asian Case Studies of the Use of Civil Human Rights Litigation Against Corporations
7. Japan, Jason Ho Ching Cheung (Albert Luk's Chambers, Hong Kong / Yodoyabashi & Yamagami LPC, Japan), Kenneth Tsui (University of Hong Kong) and Matthew Wong (University of Hong Kong)
8. South Korea, Jong Hyeok Lee (Seoul National University, South Korea) and Youngsu Suh (Supreme Court of Korea, South Korea)
9. The Philippines, Ruby Rosselle "Ross" Tugade (University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia / University of the Philippines, the Philippines)
10. Thailand, Shaati Chandramour (Thammasat University, Thailand)
11. India, Manoj Kumar Sinha (Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India), and Swaril Dania (Bennett University, Greater Noida, India)
Part 3: Specific Issues
12. Environmental Damage and Climate Change - Climate Change Litigation between Private Parties in Asia, Daniel Linden (Waseda University, Japan)
13. Crime Against Humanity, Jonathan Ip (ALSC Chambers, Hong Kong) and Jay Koon (Bernacchi Chambers, Hong Kong)
14. Corporate Crime, Compliance Programmes, and Criminal Law - The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Japan and China, Shin Matsuzawa (Waseda University, Japan) and Ziqing Ruan (Waseda University, Japan)
15. Conclusion, Jason Ho Ching Cheung (Albert Luk's Chambers, Hong Kong / Yodoyabashi & Yamagami LPC, Japan) and Yuri Mukoji (Doshisha University, Japan)
1. Introduction, Jason Ho Ching Cheung (Albert Luk's Chambers, Hong Kong / Yodoyabashi & Yamagami LPC, Japan)
2. Litigations against Corporations - Why Enforce Human Rights Against Multinationals?, Koh Matsuki (Proxy Watcher, Japan) and Antonia Burke (Sea of Nations, Australia)
3. International Jurisdiction, Universal Jurisdiction, Extraterritoriality and the Enforcement of Human Rights Across Borders (Including the Use of Sanctions), Daichi Ishii (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)
4. The UN Guiding Principles - A Significant Step but not yet Delivering the Promised Corporate Respect for Human Rights, Ebony Birchall (Macquarie University, Australia)
5. A Decade of UN Business and Human Rights Treaty Negotiations - Something to See Here?, Antony Crockett (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, Hong Kong), Aaron Tang (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, Hong Kong) and Jefferi Hamzah Sendut (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, London)
6. The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive - Challenges and Potentials in the ASEAN Context, Tamio Nakamura (Waseda University, Japan)
Part 2: Asian Case Studies of the Use of Civil Human Rights Litigation Against Corporations
7. Japan, Jason Ho Ching Cheung (Albert Luk's Chambers, Hong Kong / Yodoyabashi & Yamagami LPC, Japan), Kenneth Tsui (University of Hong Kong) and Matthew Wong (University of Hong Kong)
8. South Korea, Jong Hyeok Lee (Seoul National University, South Korea) and Youngsu Suh (Supreme Court of Korea, South Korea)
9. The Philippines, Ruby Rosselle "Ross" Tugade (University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia / University of the Philippines, the Philippines)
10. Thailand, Shaati Chandramour (Thammasat University, Thailand)
11. India, Manoj Kumar Sinha (Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India), and Swaril Dania (Bennett University, Greater Noida, India)
Part 3: Specific Issues
12. Environmental Damage and Climate Change - Climate Change Litigation between Private Parties in Asia, Daniel Linden (Waseda University, Japan)
13. Crime Against Humanity, Jonathan Ip (ALSC Chambers, Hong Kong) and Jay Koon (Bernacchi Chambers, Hong Kong)
14. Corporate Crime, Compliance Programmes, and Criminal Law - The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Japan and China, Shin Matsuzawa (Waseda University, Japan) and Ziqing Ruan (Waseda University, Japan)
15. Conclusion, Jason Ho Ching Cheung (Albert Luk's Chambers, Hong Kong / Yodoyabashi & Yamagami LPC, Japan) and Yuri Mukoji (Doshisha University, Japan)