Business, Human Rights and the Environment: The Evolving Agenda

More than ten years after the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, this book critically reviews the achievements, limits and next frontiers of business and human rights following the ‘protect, respect, remedy’ trichotomy. The UN Guiding Principles acted as a catalyst f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macchi, Chiara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: The Hague T.M.C. Asser Press 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Part I. The State Duty to Protect
  • Chapter 2. Responsibility Beyond Borders: Business, Human Rights, Climate Change and the State
  • Part II. The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights
  • Chapter 3. The Normative Foundation of the Corporate Responsibility to Respect: A Critical Analysis
  • Chapter 4. From Nuremberg to Climate Change: The Corporate Responsibility to Respect
  • Chapter 5. Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence
  • Part III. Remedies
  • Chapter 6. Business and Human Rights Litigation: Evolution and Trends
  • Part IV. Looking Forward: Pathways to Improved State and Corporate Accountability
  • Chapter 7. Towards a Business and Human Rights Binding Treaty: Opportunities and Challenges
  • Chapter 8. Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index