Sunday, March 13, 2022

Marx, Van Calster, & Wouters: Research Handbook on Global Governance, Business and Human Rights

Axel Marx
(KU Leuven - Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies), Geert Van Calster (KU Leuven - Law), & Jan Wouters (KU Leuven - Law), with Kari Otteburn & Diana Lica, have published Research Handbook on Global Governance, Business and Human Rights (Edward Elgar Publishing 2022). Here's the abstract:

This essential Research Handbook provides a comprehensive and critical assessment of the global governance instruments related to business and human rights from an interdisciplinary perspective. Contributions from a diverse range of leading international scholars offer an overview of the existing literature and rapidly-evolving research discipline, as well as identifying key trends and outlining an ambitious future research agenda.

The Research Handbook first examines governance initiatives that operate across economic sectors, discussing both public and private initiatives at state, regional and international levels that seek to develop, implement and enforce rules with regard to the impacts of transnational business activities on human rights. Chapters then investigate particular economic sectors – including textiles, electronics, agro-chemical, construction, and finance – to assess the ways in which different initiatives attempt to mitigate risks and address business-related human rights abuses.