Human rights and business: is international law relevant? - See more at: http://blog.oup.com/2016/12/human-rights-business-law/#sthash.OGvydfFS.dpufCorporations are now widely seen as having responsibilities in regard to human rights abuses. international law, while primarily about States is also concerned with the actions of international organisations, armed groups, non-state actors, corporations, individuals and others. One of these developments has been in international human rights law. While the corporation’s responsibility may not necessarily lead to legal liability, there have been a range of developments at national, regional and international levels, which show where it is headed…However, research by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has uncovered some worrying findings that show many companies still aren’t doing enough to tackle the issue properly. The extensive report…surveying over 150 companies around the world…found that only 51 per cent undertook a dedicated human rights due diligence assessment which encompassed the full range of a company’s human rights obligations…To ensure the effectiveness of the human rights due diligence process, human rights impacts have to be recognised on the operational level, where the interaction with the rights-holders take place: on the factory floor; the construction site; the overseas operations; in the laboratory; and when supplies are procured...

Human rights and business: is international law relevant? - See more at: http://blog.oup.com/2016/12/human-rights-business-law/#sthash.OGvydfFS.dpuf

Human rights and business: is international law relevant? - See more at: http://blog.oup.com/2016/12/human-rights-business-law/#sthash.OGvydfFS.dpuf

Human rights and business: is international law relevant? - See more at: http://blog.oup.com/2016/12/human-rights-business-law/#sthash.OGvydfFS.dpuf