Thursday, December 5, 2013

New Issue: International Review of the Red Cross

The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross (Vol. 94, no. 887, Autumn 2012) is out. The theme is "Business, Violence and Conflict." Contents include:
  • Interview
    • Interview with John G. Ruggie
  • Articles
    • Business meets conflict: only risks or also opportunities?
    • Hugo Slim, Business actors in armed conflict: towards a new humanitarian agenda
    • Achim Wennmann, The role of business in armed violence reduction and prevention
    • Business and the law – in armed conflict and other situations of violence
    • Sarah Percy, Regulating the private security industry: a story of regulating the last war
    • Rachel Davis, The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and conflict-affected areas: state obligations and business responsibilities
    • Joanna Kyriakakis, Developments in international criminal law and the case of business involvement in international crimes
    • Simon O'Connor, Corporations, international crimes and national courts: a Norwegian view
    • The Practice
    • Scott Jerbi, Assessing the roles of multi-stakeholder initiatives in advancing the business and human rights agenda
    • Barbara Dubach & Maria Teresa Machado, The importance of stakeholder engagement in the corporate responsibility to respect human rights
    • John Bray & Antony Crockett, Responsible risk-taking in conflict-affected countries: the need for due diligence and the importance of collective approaches
    • Claude Voillat, Pushing the humanitarian agenda through engagement with business actors: the ICRC's experience