This book investigates how human rights law
can be applied to corporate entities. To date there have been insufficient
international legal mechanisms to bring corporations to justice for their
misconduct abroad. The book argues that rather than trying to solve the problem
locally, an international approach to corporate human rights compliance needs
to be sought to prevent future corporate human rights abuses.
Implementing effective and enforceable
human rights compliance policies at corporate level allows businesses to
prevent negative human rights impacts such as loss of revenue, high litigation
costs and damage to reputation.
By considering human rights to be an
inherent part of their business strategy, corporations will be well equipped to
meet national and regional business and human rights standards, which will
inevitably be implemented in the next few years.
This approach, in turn, also furthers the
fundamental aim of international human rights law.
