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<p>Discussions of preventing and addressing adverse impact of business activities on human rights have occupied international community at least for the last fifty years. This article discusses successes and failures of past attempts, a state of play of negotiating legally binding instrument and alternative approaches to the current path. It suggests that the way forward for a successful treaty on business and human rights is maintaining key objectives of the draft, namely access to remedy and justice for victims of corporate abuses, balanced with cross regional support among States. Alternative approaches may be worth exploring if they would promise of delivering this balance. In this context, a new group of friends may contribute to changing of dynamics of discussions and mindsets of key players.</p>
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Discussions of preventing and addressing adverse impact of business activities on human rights have occupied international community at least for the last fifty years. This article discusses successes and failures of past attempts, a state of play of negotiating legally binding instrument and alternative approaches to the current path. It suggests that the way forward for a successful treaty on business and human rights is maintaining key objectives of the draft, namely access to remedy and justice for victims of corporate abuses, balanced with cross regional support among States. Alternative approaches may be worth exploring if they would promise of delivering this balance. In this context, a new group of friends may contribute to changing of dynamics of discussions and mindsets of key players.

Draft Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights – Is UN Stepping Twice into the Same River?

International and Comparative Law Review

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Discussions of preventing and addressing adverse impact of business activities on human rights have occupied international community at least for the last...

Draft Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights – Is UN Stepping Twice into the Same River?

Published Online: Sep 23, 2022

Page range: 149 - 164

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2022-0010

Keywords
international treaty, business and human rights, access to remedy and justice

© 2022 Amal Azem Gealfow et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Draft Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights – Is UN Stepping Twice into the Same River?

Published Online: Sep 23, 2022

Page range: 149 - 164

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2022-0010

Keywordsinternational treaty, business and human rights, access to remedy and justice

© 2022 Amal Azem Gealfow et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
international treaty, business and human rights, access to remedy and justice