Do multinational corporations have human rights responsibilities? To most of us this seems like a no-brainer... [The] UN secretary-general's special representative has just presented his long-awaited report to the UN's human rights council... [The] international business community...has argued that corporations should not face binding human rights obligations. Instead, business has spoken out in favour of weak voluntary principles... [The] British government has consistently sided with business against the human rights community... One thing is clear... The international community...must work towards a proper framework of binding regulations to protect against corporate human rights violations. Voluntary self-regulation is not an option.