A two-track, multi-channel regulatory model
(2017)- Abstract
- The story of human rights corporate accountability is not a story of a move towards stringent international and transnational regulations. One discussion nowadays is whether the UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights (UNGPs) should be hardened into law. Regulations on human rights due diligence (HRDD) would increase access to remedies forvictims, hold lead firms legally liable for their involvement in harm, and incentivize responsible business onduct. The UN has taken up the hard law question in 2014 and is pondering now the options for a treaty on corporate accountability. This brief is about sing legal coercion directed at the top of global value chains (GVCs) as a way forward. It addresses two questions: when and why... (More)
- The story of human rights corporate accountability is not a story of a move towards stringent international and transnational regulations. One discussion nowadays is whether the UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights (UNGPs) should be hardened into law. Regulations on human rights due diligence (HRDD) would increase access to remedies forvictims, hold lead firms legally liable for their involvement in harm, and incentivize responsible business onduct. The UN has taken up the hard law question in 2014 and is pondering now the options for a treaty on corporate accountability. This brief is about sing legal coercion directed at the top of global value chains (GVCs) as a way forward. It addresses two questions: when and why should coercive regulations be promoted or not? How can the business and human rights governance regime become stronger even in the absence of such regulations aimed at lead firms in GVCs? The brief puts forward a regulatory framework and narrative to valorize less coercive legal strategies and non-legal strategies through ‘regulatory mixes’. Less coercive instruments could be
transparency laws, public procurement regulations, soft law instruments, and various policies inside and outside GVCs to enable responsible business conduct. (Less)
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- Mares, Radu LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-11-30
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- Book/Report
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Human rights, Mänskliga rättigheter
- pages
- 11 pages
- publisher
- Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 3b4aa0fb-58d7-4229-8190-cd4f143ef420
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abstract = {{The story of human rights corporate accountability is not a story of a move towards stringent international and transnational regulations. One discussion nowadays is whether the UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights (UNGPs) should be hardened into law. Regulations on human rights due diligence (HRDD) would increase access to remedies forvictims, hold lead firms legally liable for their involvement in harm, and incentivize responsible business onduct. The UN has taken up the hard law question in 2014 and is pondering now the options for a treaty on corporate accountability. This brief is about sing legal coercion directed at the top of global value chains (GVCs) as a way forward. It addresses two questions: when and why should coercive regulations be promoted or not? How can the business and human rights governance regime become stronger even in the absence of such regulations aimed at lead firms in GVCs? The brief puts forward a regulatory framework and narrative to valorize less coercive legal strategies and non-legal strategies through ‘regulatory mixes’. Less coercive instruments could be<br/>transparency laws, public procurement regulations, soft law instruments, and various policies inside and outside GVCs to enable responsible business conduct.}},
author = {{Mares, Radu}},
institution = {{Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights}},
keywords = {{Human rights; Mänskliga rättigheter}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{11}},
title = {{A two-track, multi-channel regulatory model}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/124998687/A_two_track_multi_channel_regulatory_model.pdf}},
year = {{2017}},
}