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Global Governance 15 (2009), 279–298 Emerging International Human Rights Norms for Transnational Corporations Giovanni Mantilla This article analyzes the emergence of new human rights norms for transna- tional corporations. It first explores voluntary norm-making approaches, which have been a staple of this issue area since the 1970s. Second, it analyzes the formulation and eventual fall of the UN Draft Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights. A final section reflects on the work of the UN special repre- sentative of the secretary-general on business and human rights, John Rug- gie, and the future of norm making in this area. It is argued that these three processes constitute differing but fundamental steps toward the construction of international human rights norms for corporations and that, although norm entrepreneurs have clashed in debates over voluntary versus binding standards, norm making in this area remains healthy thanks to a now more solid interna- tional awareness regarding the corporate responsibility toward human rights. KEYWORDS: transnational corporations, international human rights, voluntary codes, business and human rights, binding norms. or decades, widespread human rights violations have been directly associ- ated with the behavior of states. Weak democracies,
Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations – Brill
Published: Aug 12, 2009
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