Czech Yearbook of Public & Private International Law

0541122 - ÚSP 2021 RIV CZ eng M - Monography Chapter
Feigerlová, Monika
Responsibility of Transnational Corporations under the Draft International Treaty on Business and Human Rights in General and in the Face of Climate Change.
Czech Yearbook of Public & Private International Law. Praha: Česká společnost pro mezinárodní právo, 2020 - (Šturma, P.), s. 475-487. ISBN 978-80-87488-38-6
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) LQ300682001
Program: Prémie Lumina quaeruntur
Institutional support: RVO:68378122
Keywords : business and human rights * zero draft * draft Treaty on Business and Human Rights * transnational corporation * corporate liability * climate protection
OECD category: Law
https://rozkotova.cld.bz/CYIL-vol-11-2020/474/

In recent years there has been an intensive debate about business involment in human rights abuses and transnational corporations that have been named as being largely responsible for causing world´s emissions and environmental degradation. With this backdrop, several countries, with the Ecuador and South Africa at the forefront, requested the United Nations Human Rights Council to establish an intergovernmental working group with a mandate to prepare a draft legally binfing instrument on business and human rights. Such treaty is expected to bring enhanced protection of human rights in the context of business activities, and, prospectively, to articulate obligations for business with a transnational character. This article explores the main principles of the proposed draft treaty and draft´s reflection on climate protection.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0318720