Required reading
Textbook:
Deva, Surya. Regulating Corporate Human Rights Violations. Humanizing Business. London: Routledge, 2012, chs 1-7 (200 pp.)
Articles that will be distributed in class:
Darrow, Mac, 'World Bank and International Monetary Fund', Encyclopedia of Human Rights, Dec 2009 vol. 5, pp. 373-381 (9 pp.). https://bibsys-almaprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=BIBSYS_ILS71484578920002201&context=L&vid=UIO&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=no_NO
Van Genugten, Wilhelm. The World Bank Group, the IMF and Human Rights. Intersentia, 2015, chs. 1-4, (37 pp). https://bibsys-almaprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=BIBSYS_ILS71471130600002201&context=L&vid=UIO&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=no_NO
Articles available as E-journals or E-books:
The journal articles below are available in full text. The UN-reports below are available online.
Andreassen B?rd A, and Vo Khanh Vinh, “Business’ Duties Across Borders: The New Human Rights Frontier” in B?rd A Andreassen and Vo Khanh Vinh. Duties Across Borders. Advancing Human Rights in Transnational Business. Cambridge: Intersentia, 2016. (20 p.). https://www-adm.uio.no/studier/emner/jus/humanrights/HUMR5133/h18/andreassen-and-vindh-2016.pdf?vrtx=admin
Bilchitz, David, “Introduction: Putting Flesh on the Bone. What Should a Business and Human Rights Treaty Look Like?” in Surya Deva and David Bilchitz (eds). Building a Treaty on Business and Human Rights. Context and Contours. Cambridge: CUP, 2017 (47 pp). https://bibsys-almaprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_scopus2-s2.0-85047343302&context=PC&vid=UIO&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=no_NO
Campbell, John (2007), 'Why Would Corporations Behave in Socially Responsible Ways? An Institutional Theory of Corporate Social Responsibility', The Academy of Management Review, 32(3), 946-967. (22 pp.) https://bibsys-almaprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_jstor_archive_420159343&context=PC&vid=UIO&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=no_NO
Cantu-Rivera, Humberto. “Corporate Accountability in the Field of Human Rights. On soft-law Standards and the Use of Extra-territorial Measures” in B?rd A Andreassen and Vo Khanh Vinh. Duties Across Borders. Advancing Human Rights in Transnational Business. Cambridge: Intersentia, 2016. (25 p.). https://www-adm.uio.no/studier/emner/jus/humanrights/HUMR5133/h18/andreassen-and-vindh-2016.pdf?vrtx=admin
Comments by Ruggie and Response of Surya Deva and David Bilchitz on Human Rights Obligations of Business: Beyond the Corporate Responsibility to Respect? (CUP, 2013) http://business-humanrights.org/media/ruggie-comment-surya-deva-david-bilchitz.pdf and http://www.business-humanrights.org/media/documents/surya-deva-david-bilchitz-re-ruggie-15-01-14.pdf (7 pp.)
Darcy, Shane. “The Elephant in the Room: Corporate Tax Avoidance & Business and Human Rights” in Business and Human Rights Journal Vol 2 (1), 2017. 30 pp. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/1D615D47FB0632DCFE365DB10F07ACF7/S2057019816000237a.pdf/elephant_in_the_room_corporate_tax_avoidance_business_and_human_rights.pdf
de Schutter, Olivier, “Towards a New Treaty on Business and Human Rights” in Business and Human Rights Journal, Vol 1 (1), 2016. (27 p.). https://doi.org/10.1017/bhj.2015.5
Gillies, Alexandra, ‘Reputational Concerns and the Emergence of Oil Sector Transparency as an International Norm‘, in International Studies Quarterly, Vol.54,No.1, pp. 103–126 http://www.jstor.org/journals/00208833.html (23pp.).
Kemp D and F Vanclay, ‘Human rights and impact assessment: clarifying the connections in practice’, 3(2) Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 2013, 86-96 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2013.782978 (11 pp.)
McCorquodale, Robert and Lise Smit, Stuart Neely and Robin Brooks, “Human Rights Due Diligence in Law and Practice: Good Practices and Challenges for Business Enterprises” in Business and Human Rights Journal (30 p.). https://bibsys-almaprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_thomsonreuters_sI268DD6708F1E11E7B483D1EA8056373B&context=PC&vid=UIO&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=no_NO
Report of the UN SR on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, Human rights impact assessments – resolving key methodological questions, 2007. http://www.reports-and-materials.org/Ruggie-report-human-rights-impact-assessments-5-Feb-2007.pdf (25 pp.).
Ruggie, John (2014), “A UN Business and Human Rights Treaty?”, Issues Brief, http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/CSRI/UNBusinessandHumanRightsTreaty.pdf (5pp.)
Ruggie, John G. and Emily K Middleton, “Money, Millennials and Human Rights Sustaining ‘Sustainable Investing’”, M-RCBG Faculty Working papers Series 2018: 1 (15 pp.) https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/mrcbg/working.papers/CRI69_FINAL.pdf
Ruggie, John Gerard. Just Business. Multinational Corporations and Human Rights. NY: Northon, 2013. Introduction and Ch. 1. (81 p.). https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/4424946/mod_resource/content/1/Ruggie%20-%20Just%20Business.pdf
Scruggs, Lyle, Shareen Hertel, Samuel J. Best, & Christopher Jeffords “Information, Choice and Political Consumption: Human Rights in the Checkout Lane” in Human Rights Quarterly Vol 33, No 4, 2012 (pp1092-1121) http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/human_rights_quarterly/ (E-journal). (29 pp.)
UN Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment 24, E/C.12/GC/24. (16 pp.)
United Nations Guiding Principles on Human Rights and Business (2011) (42 pp.) https://www.ohchr.org/documents/publications/GuidingprinciplesBusinesshr_eN.pdf
Zero Draft, UN Treaty on Human Rights and Business. (13 pp.) https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/WGTransCorp/Session3/DraftLBI.pdf
Zyberi, Gentian. “Protection of the Environment from Serious Damage. Towards a Model of Shared Responsibility between International Cooperations and the State Concerned?” in B?rd A Andreassen and Vo Khanh Vinh. Duties Across Borders. Advancing Human Rights in Transnational Business. Cambridge: Intersentia, 2016. (23 pp). https://www-adm.uio.no/studier/emner/jus/humanrights/HUMR5133/h18/andreassen-and-vindh-2016.pdf?vrtx=admin
Total number of pages: 737.
Cases
- Shakti v. Posco
- SERAC v. Nigeria
- Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum
- Akpan v. Royal Dutch Petroleum
- Bautista de Arellana v. Colombia
Guidelines, General Comments and Standards
- UN Convention on the Right of the Child, General Comment 16, CRC/C/GC/16.
- OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
- UN Global Compact (1999)
- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
- UN Principles for Responsible Investment (2006)
- Equator Principles for the banking sector (2003)
- The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme in the diamonds sector (2003) and Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (2002)
- ISO Standard 26000 on Social Responsibility (2010).
- IAIA, Social Impact Assessment International Principles, Special Publication Series No.2. 2003.
Studies of Corporate Practices
- DIHR and IPIECA, Integrating human rights into environmental, social and health impact assessments. A practical guide for the oil and gas industry, 2013.
- Rights and Democracy, Human rights impact assessments for foreign investment projects: Learning from community experiences in the Philippines, Tibet, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Argentina and Peru (2007).
- Nestle and DIHR, Talking the Human Rights Walk. Nestle’s experience assessing human rights impacts in its business activities, 2013.
- UNICEF and DIHR, Children’s rights in impact assessments. A guide for integrating children’s rights into impact assessments and taking action for children, 2013.
- Oxfam Australia, Women, communities and mining: The gender impacts of mining and the role of gender impact assessment. 2009.
- Amnesty (2014), Injustice Incorporated: Corporate Abuses and the Human Right to Remedy (London: Amnesty International).
Recommended readings
Amaeshi, Kenneth, Onyeka Osuji, and Paul Nnodin (2008), 'Corporate Social Responsibility in Supply Chains of Global Brands: A Boundaryless Responsibility? Clarifications, Exceptions and Implications', Journal of Business Ethics, 81, 223.234.
de Schutter, Olivier, Anita Ramasastry, Mark Taylor, and Robert Thompson (2012), Human Rights Due Diligence: The Role of States (Oslo: ICAR).
Deva, Surya and David Bilchitz (eds.), Human Rights Obligations of Business: Beyond the Corporate Responsibility to Respect? (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
Palm Oil Controversy in Southeast Asia' - A Transnational Perspective, Edited by Oliver Pye and Jayati Bhattacharya, 2013, ISEAS Publishing/Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, chapter 3, 48-75.
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, John Ruggie. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, March 21, 2011. UN Human Rights Council. A/HRC/17/31. (27 pp.).
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other business enterprises, John Ruggie, Addendum: States Obligations to Provide Access to Remedy for Human Rights Abuses by Third Parties, including Business: an Overview of International and Regional Provisions, Commentary and Decisions, 15 May 2009, UN Doc. A/HRC/11/13/Add. 1. (37 pp.).
Ruggie, Human rights impact assessments – resolving key methodological questions. Report of the UN SR on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, 2007.