International Studies Journal (ISJ)

International Studies Journal (ISJ)

An Introduction to Human Rights MA Duties of Transnational Corporations

Document Type : Extension Article

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Executive Assistant of International Studies Journal and Ph.D Candidate of International Law
Abstract
The debate on business and human rights is well underway. What is still largely invisible in this picture is the matter of the legal accountability of transnational corporations, and in particular international legal accountability. At international law, however, the corporate form is barely recognized, still less directly bound with respect to human rights. There is no transnational regime of human rights law governing the transnational activities of corporations. This article examines the possibility of directly regulating transnational corporations at the international level, with special focus on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The argument proceeds by way of three steps.
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