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Report on human rights and the developing international legal obligations of companies

See also sections of this website entitled:

• Legal accountability: General

• Lawsuits & regulatory action against companies

• Business complicity in human rights abuses 

Final report:

Beyond Voluntarism: Human rights and the developing international legal obligations of companies [full report, and summary] (International Council on Human Rights Policy, Jan. 2002)

• {···español} Más allá de lo discrecional: Los derechos humanos y la emergencia de obligaciones legales internacionales para las empresas: Resumen

• {···français} au-delà du volontarisme: Les droits humains et les obligations émergentes des entreprises en droit international: Résumé

Websites:

International Council on Human Rights Policy (Geneva): project examining the legal accountability of business under international human rights law

About the International Council on Human Rights Policy

Other materials:

2002:

Corporate legal accountability and human rights - beyond voluntarism (David Petrasek, Research Director, International Council on Human Rights Policy, in Ethical Corporation Magazine, 8 Mar. 2002)

Moving beyond the voluntary code: HUMAN RIGHTS: Self-regulation for international business is the norm when it comes to rights. But a new study says this is slowly giving way to legal obligations [article about new report: Beyond Voluntarism: Human rights and the developing international legal obligations of companies, prepared by International Council on Human Rights Policy] (Alison Maitland, Financial Times, 18 Feb. 2002)

Beyond Voluntarism: Human rights and the developing international legal obligations of companies [full report, and summary] (International Council on Human Rights Policy, Jan. 2002)

• {···español} Más allá de lo discrecional: Los derechos humanos y la emergencia de obligaciones legales internacionales para las empresas: Resumen

• {···français} au-delà du volontarisme: Les droits humains et les obligations émergentes des entreprises en droit international: Résumé

2001:

Beyond voluntarism: David Petrasek, research director at the International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP), reports on the prospects for developing international legal accountability for companies in relation to human rights. (David Petrasek, in Human Rights & Business Matters, newsletter of Amnesty International UK Business Group, spring/summer 2001)