Corporate Accountability under Socio-Economic Rights

Jernej Letnar Černič is Associate Professor of Human Rights Law at the Graduate School of Government and European Studies, Senior Research Associate at gLAWcal – Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development (United Kingdom) and Senior Research Fellow at the University Institute of European Studies – IUSE, Turin (Italy). He graduated from University of Ljubljana with the France Prešeren award. He completed his Ph.D. in Human Rights Law at the University of Aberdeen and holds a Diploma in Human Rights Law from the European University Institute and Diplome de droit international et de Droit compare des Droits de l’Homme (merit) from René Cassin Institut International des droits de l’homme. He has written extensively in the past on business and human rights law and on the European Human Rights Law. His works have been cited in reports by the United Nations, European Parliament and the Council of Europe and in academic studies from around the world.

Foreword - Paolo Davide Farah



Acknowledgements



PART I



Fundamental concepts and historical context



1 Corporate accountability for socio-economic rights: introductory remarks



2 The historical development of corporate accountability for socio-economic rights



3 Globalization, investment and the socio-economic environment



4 Business, socio-economic rights and good practices



PART II



Corporate accountability for socio-economic rights



5 Corporate human rights obligations under socioeconomic rights



6 Corporate human rights obligations under specific socio-economic rights



7 Access to justice for victims of socio-economic rights violations



PART III



Corporate accountability for socio-economic rights and case studies



8 Corporate accountability concerning socio-economic rights in Cambodia



9 Corporate accountability concerning socio-economic rights in China



10 Corporate accountability concerning socio-economic rights in Colombia



PART IV



Proposals for reform



11 Conclusions and recommendations



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