Some Thoughts on Foreign Investors' Responsibilities to Respect Human Rights
Article from: TDM 1 (2013), in Human Rights
Introduction
Human rights (HR) law as well as international investment law (IIL) have seen considerable changes in recent years and have become increasingly aware of corporate investors' social responsibilities. Due to the lack of international consensus or will to adopt a legally binding framework to address transnational corporations' (TNCs) HR obligations , discussion of investors' social responsibilities are considered to be moral or ethically based. This paper aims to illustrate what it means that transnational corporations (TNCs) are subject to responsibilities for HR if ...