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Business and human rights : beyond the end of the beginning / edited by Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito.

Contributor(s): Rodríguez Garavito, César A [editor.]Series: Globalization and human rightsPublication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017 Description: pages cmISBN: 9781107175297 (hardback)Subject(s): Human rights -- Economic aspects | Social responsibility of business -- Law and legislation | International business enterprises -- Law and legislation | International business enterprises -- Moral and ethical aspects | Business ethics | Commercial law | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human RightsDDC classification: 343.07 LOC classification: K3240. | B865 2017Other classification: POL035010
Contents:
Introduction. A dialogue across divides in the business and human rights field Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito; Part I. Global Governance Meets Business and Human Rights: Conceptual Debates and Regulatory Alternatives: 1. Business and human rights: beyond the end of the beginning Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito; 2. Regulating multinationals: the UN guiding principles, civil society, and international legalization John Ruggie; 3. Time to move beyond the 'present': the guiding principles, a treaty or a UN declaration on business and human rights? Surya Deva; 4. Putting 'human rights' back into the UN guiding principles and international law on business and human rights: shifting frames and embedding participation rights Tara J. Melish; 5. From guiding principles to interpretive organizations: developing a framework for applying the UNGPs to disputes that institutionalizes the advocacy role of civil society Larry Cata Backer; 6. A treaty on business and human rights? A recurring debate in a new governance landscape Claret Vargas; Part II. The Practice of Business and Human Rights: Advocacy and Regulatory Strategies: 7. Shifting power on business and human rights: states, corporations and civil society in global governance Chris Jochnick; 8. Always in all ways: ensuring business respect for human rights through national action plans and inter-governmental regulatory frameworks Amol Mehra; 9. Business and human rights: moving beyond the beginning Louis Bickford; 10. Regulatory environment on business and human rights: paths at the international level and ideas about the roles for civil society groups Juana Kweitel; 11. Committing the crime of poverty: the next phase of the business and human rights debate Bonita Meyersfeld; Conclusion. Whither the human rights movement? An ecosystemic view Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito; Inde
Summary: "The Center for Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia), a human rights research and advocacy organization based in Bogota, Colombia, was the home base of the project and provided much of the intellectual and organizational impetus for the book. I am particularly grateful to Dejusticia members who have staffed our business and human rights area (Meghan Morris, Sean Luna, Claret Vargas, and Tatiana Andia) for their superb research assistance and key contribution to establishing Dejusticia's voice in the global discussion on business and human rights"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. A dialogue across divides in the business and human rights field Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito;
Part I. Global Governance Meets Business and Human Rights: Conceptual Debates and Regulatory Alternatives:
1. Business and human rights: beyond the end of the beginning Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito;

2. Regulating multinationals: the UN guiding principles, civil society, and international legalization John Ruggie;

3. Time to move beyond the 'present': the guiding principles, a treaty or a UN declaration on business and human rights? Surya Deva;

4. Putting 'human rights' back into the UN guiding principles and international law on business and human rights: shifting frames and embedding participation rights Tara J. Melish;

5. From guiding principles to interpretive organizations: developing a framework for applying the UNGPs to disputes that institutionalizes the advocacy role of civil society Larry Cata Backer;

6. A treaty on business and human rights? A recurring debate in a new governance landscape Claret Vargas;
Part

II. The Practice of Business and Human Rights: Advocacy and Regulatory Strategies:
7. Shifting power on business and human rights: states, corporations and civil society in global governance Chris Jochnick;

8. Always in all ways: ensuring business respect for human rights through national action plans and inter-governmental regulatory frameworks Amol Mehra;

9. Business and human rights: moving beyond the beginning Louis Bickford;

10. Regulatory environment on business and human rights: paths at the international level and ideas about the roles for civil society groups Juana Kweitel;

11. Committing the crime of poverty: the next phase of the business and human rights debate Bonita Meyersfeld;
Conclusion. Whither the human rights movement? An ecosystemic view Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito;
Inde

"The Center for Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia), a human rights research and advocacy organization based in Bogota, Colombia, was the home base of the project and provided much of the intellectual and organizational impetus for the book. I am particularly grateful to Dejusticia members who have staffed our business and human rights area (Meghan Morris, Sean Luna, Claret Vargas, and Tatiana Andia) for their superb research assistance and key contribution to establishing Dejusticia's voice in the global discussion on business and human rights"--