Human Rights Violations by Multinational Corporations and UN Initiatives

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej ZENKIEWICZ
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Human Rights Violations

The Application of Human Rights Law to Private Sector Complicity in Governmental Corruption

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 715-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
CECILY ROSE
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
International Human ◽  
Public Revenues

AbstractThis article examines private sector complicity in governmental corruption that violates economic and social rights. Although banks and multinational corporations typically play critical roles in facilitating the diversion of public revenues away from the provision of social services, the link between the private sector, corruption, and human rights violations remains underexplored. This article therefore examines this relationship and explores the viability of a standard for assessing the complicity of the private sector in such violations of economic and social rights. Ultimately, the state-centred nature of the international human rights system limits the utility of any complicity standard for non-state actors.

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