Naslov
Time for Change? The UN Human Rights Covenants’ Lasting “State-obligation” Paradigm and Transnational Corporations

Autori
Muhvić, Davor

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, ostalo

Skup
AHRI (Association of Human Rights Institutes) Human Rights Research Conference: "50 Years of the Two UN Human Rights Covenants: Legacies and Prospects"

Mjesto i datum
Utrecht, Nizozemska, 02.09.2016. - 03.09.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
transnational corporations; human rights; the UN Human Rights Covenants; international legal obligations

Sažetak
The basic conceptual premise on which the international human rights law is originally created is protection of certain fundamental rights of the individual on the international level from violations by their own state. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights from 1966, as the two foundational UN international human rights treaties, therefore provide international rights for the individuals and impose international obligations for states. At least from the late 1990s there have appeared tendencies of changing the paradigm of imposing obligations for states only, especially in the context of repeated instances of significant involvement of transnational corporations in human rights violations in developing countries. It seems that the current needs of the international community will continue to challenge the 'state-obligation' paradigm of the international human rights law which is therefore in the constant retreat.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pravo

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