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1	Transnational Corporations and Human Rights : Assessing the position of TNCs within international human rights law, and the appropriateness of an international treaty on business and human rights Söderlund, Erik January 2018 (has links) Transnational corporations are playing an important role in the global economy of today. Many of these corporations have great economic resources and have the possibility of contributing to the development of societies in developing states. At the same time, in their search for profit, the activities of TNCs have proven fatal to some of the individuals employed by them, or otherwise in contact with their activities. Within the international legal framework, corporations are not traditionally treated as subjects and if a TNC allocates its production to a state with lax human rights protection, no binding international standards exist to regulate the conduct of the corporation. In my thesis I will assess the position of TNCs under the present core human rights instruments and soft law initiatives. I will also analyze a draft treaty text produced by the Intergovernmental Working Group on Business and Human Rights, released in July 2018, to reach a conclusion on whether such an instrument would affect the international legal status of TNCs and provide a more robust protection of international human rights. Human rights corporation corporations transnational corporation transnational corporations business businesses TNC TNCs treaty law draft treaty intergovernmental woking group United Nations Bhopal Rana Plaza international law Ruggie John Ruggie Ruggie pricniples pillar labour labour law labour rights CSR Corporate social responsibility guiding principles UN global compact global compact ILO jus cogens customary law OECD ICCPR ICESCR state-centrism Bilateral investment treaty ILC WTO World trade organization International law commission legal personality företag mänskliga rättigheter traktat traktaträtt juridisk person folkrätt internationell rätt FN Förenta Nationerna Ruggie Jhon Ruggie Arbetsrätt Globala målen företagspolicy Amnesty International Human Rights Watch Law (excluding Law and Society)

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