Business and Human Rights

 
Focuses on the duty of transnational corporations and other business enterprises to protect human rights and the available enforcement mechanisms. This includes a discussion of international business standards, voluntary agreements and enforceable norms. Moreover, cases where transnational corporations have been held liable for human rights violations will be analyzed and the possibilities of international and domestic laws to address these human rights violations will be assessed. The course will study methods of formulating and implenting corporate social policy and international norms. This will lead to a discussion of the vaious rights that should be incroporated in a code of conduct for transnational corporations.
Categorization: Professor: 
Staff
Course Number: 
SA.650.766
Categorization: Term: 
2013 Spring
Categorization: Campus: 
Washington, D.C.
Categorization: Area of Study: 
International Law