...I want to express a series of countervailing dangers involved in codifying a new instrument on corporate responsibility for "gross" violations of human rights, in the hopes that attempts at generating a legal instrument like this are appraised of the possible pitfalls that await...To be sure, there are upsides to the treaty approach that may outweigh the potential pitfalls I point to; my enthusiasm may win out over my apprehensions depending on the precise parameters of a draft treaty.