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OverviewCan transnational corporations ignore human rights as long as governments don't hold them accountable? If the UN is put in charge of a territory, is it bound by human rights law? Under traditional approaches to human rights, non-state actors cannot be parties to the relevant treaties and so they are only bound to the extent that obligations accepted by States can be applied to them by governments. This situation threatens to make a mockery of much of the international system of accountability for human rights violations. The contributors to this volume examine the different approaches that might be taken in order to ensure some degree of accountability. Making space in the legal regime to take account of the role of non-State actors is one of the biggest and most critical challenges facing international law today. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Philip Alston (Professor of Law at New York University Law School)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.30cm Weight: 0.589kg ISBN: 9780199272822ISBN 10: 0199272824 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 30 June 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction 1: Philip Alston: The 'Not-a-Cat' Syndrome: Can the International Human Rights Regime Accommodate Non-State Actors? 2: August Reinisch: The Changing International Legal Framework for Dealing with Non-State Actors Part II: Non-Governmental Organizations and International Organizations as Non-State Actors 3: Menno T. Kamminga: The Evolving Status of NGOs under International Law: A Threat to the Inter-State System? 4: François Gianviti: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and the International Monetary Fund Part III: Corporations 5: Celia Wells and Juanita Elias: Catching the Conscience of the King: Corporate Players on the International Stage 6: Ralph Steinhardt: Corporate Responsibility and the International Law of Human Rights: The New Lex Mercatoria 7: Olivier de Schutter: The Accountability of Multinationals for Human Rights Violations in European Law 8: David Weissbrodt and Muria Kruger: Human Rights Responsibilities of Businesses as None-State Actors Mary Rumsey: Bibliography on Non-State Actors in International LawReviewsAuthor InformationPhilip Alston is Professor of Law at New York University Law School. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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