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Article

18 Apr 2005

Author:
Nils Roseman, Attorney of Law and Human Rights & Development Consultant in Human Rights Features

[PDF] "Protectionism for Profit: The North lacks understanding of human rights standards for business" [scroll down to p.7]

The problems lie in gaps of international law...one such gap is the power of corporations over developing countries...the second gap is the voluntary and geographical limitations of existing standards...the third gap lies in the selectivity of the approaches to address human rights abuses by business. [refers to IKEA]