Wednesday, December 18, 2024

New Issue: Business and Human Rights Journal

The latest issue of the Business and Human Rights Journal (Vol. 9, no. 2, June 2024) is out. Contents include:
  • Articles
    • Peter Muchlinski & Denis G Arnold, Sweatshops and Labour Law: The Ethical and Legal Implications of Ignoring Labour Law in Developing Countries
    • Klara Polackova Van der Ploeg, Investor Obligations: Transformative and Regressive Impacts of the Business and Human Rights Framework
    • Caroline Omari Lichuma, Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence (mHRDD) Laws Caught Between Rituals and Ritualism: The Forms and Limits of Business Authority in the Global Governance of Business and Human Rights
    • Leïla Choukroune & Lorenzo Cotula, ‘Local Communities’ and the Development Conundrum: Where International Investment Law Meets Human Rights and Businesses
  • Developments in the Field
    • Nicolas Bueno, Nadia Bernaz, Gabrielle Holly, & Olga Martin-Ortega, The EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD): The Final Political Compromise
    • Audrey Gaughran & Joseph Wilde-Ramsing, Fossil Fuel Industry Divestment and the Energy Transition: Lessons and Red Flags from Shell and the Niger Delta
    • Emmanuel Umpula & Mark Dummett, The Blood Cobalt Narrative: Addressing Human Rights Concerns or Scaremongering?
    • Daria Nagaivska & Olena Uvarova, Companies Operating in Conflict-Affected Environments Without Impacting the Conflict: Between Regular and Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence
    • David Szablowski, Economic Diplomacy and Home State Responsibility for Human Rights Abuses Involving Extractive Industries Abroad: The Case of Canada
    • Federico Chunga Fiestas, The Experience of Multistakeholder Dialogue in the Process of Elaboration of the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights in Peru
    • Sophia Aspesi Areias, Striving for a Rapid Transition: How Companies are Approaching Integrating Respect for Human Rights in Their Climate Action