This article examines when and how allegations of human rights violations committed by an investor can be raised before an arbitral tribunal in the context of idoi:10.1163/221190012X637763Patrick DumberrySocial Science Electronic PublishingDumberry, Patrick and Gabrielle Dumas-Aubin, "When and How ...
Repairing Family Members : Gross Human Rights Violations and Communications of Harm Cambridge University Press 2009. INTRODUCTION Many of the forms of violence committed under authoritarian regimes and during large-scale ethnic and civil s... R Rubiomarín - 《Sheng LI Ke Xue Jin Zhan Progress in...
1. Regulatory risk: The proliferation of mandatory human rights due diligence legislation requires companies to identify and mitigate social risks or face enforcement action. The UK’s Modern Slavery Act and the Netherlands’ Child Labour Due Diligence Act are just two examples of this growing legisl...
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Augusto Pinochet's rule in Chile, for example, was marked by the repression of leftist politics. Allegations of human rights violations emerged over time, including accusations that the regime kidnapped and murdered leftist citizens. From 1973 to 1980, Chile joined with several other South American...
She defines the justice cascade as the “shift in the legitimacy of the norm of individual accountability for human rights violations and an increase in criminal prosecutions on behalf of that norm” (p. 5). She points out—correctly in my view—that what triggered the cascade was the ...
As part of corporate social responsibility, companies invest in activities that promote human rights or refrain from activities that violate human rights. Investments in human rights, however, usually do not yield immediate benefits. Rather, they are expected to improve the reputation of the firm ...
Human rights violations: Sanctions also target individuals and entities responsible for human rights abuses within Iran, further isolating the Iranian government on the international stage. Recent developments: InDecember 2024, the US imposed new sanctionstargeting 35 entities and vessels associated with ...
states specifically the manner in which a violator should be tried and punished. The first Geneva Convention calls on the Contracting Parties to "enact any legislation necessary to provide effective penal sanctions for persons committing, or ordering to be committed," any of the following violations...
For example, a 2008 report on human rights violations in Venezuela authored by Jose Vivanco wasimmediately pannedby hundreds of academics and Latin American scholars, claiming the “grossly flawed” document “did not meet even the most minimal standards of scholarship, impartiality, accuracy, or cre...