%0 Journal Article %1 blackburn2017removing %A Blackburn, Daniel %D 2017 %E ICTUR, %K Binding_Treaty Court-access EU Europe Gerichts-Zugang Gerichtsbarkeit Human-Rights Human-Rights-Council Jurisdiction-Barriers Menschenrechte Menschenrechtsrat Treaty UN-Guiding-Principles UN-Leitlinien UNGP Unternehmensinteressen Unternehmenspflichten Unternehmensverantwortung %T Removing Barriers to Justice: How a Treaty on Business and Human Rights could improve access to remedy for victims %U https://info.brot-fuer-die-welt.de/sites/default/files/blog-downloads/removing-barriers-executive-summary-web.pdf %X Transnational businesses are extremely important actors on the global stage. Their operations can potentially create enormous benefits, but they can also cause lasting harm – both to people and the planet. There are now numerous cases involving transnational companies that have been implicated in creating, facilitating or tolerating situations leading to violations of human rights and environmental degradation. Complaints raised against major transnationals include cases of land acquisition that fail to respect the land rights of traditional and indigenous communities; the industrial use of powerful chemicals impacting on the environment; forced labour; the failure to protect workers and local communities from dangerous substances; dumping of waste; polluting of rivers; tolerance of poor safety standards and working conditions; and accounts of collaboration with State military and paramilitary groups against a backdrop of widespread violence against human rights defenders.

@article{blackburn2017removing, abstract = {Transnational businesses are extremely important actors on the global stage. Their operations can potentially create enormous benefits, but they can also cause lasting harm – both to people and the planet. There are now numerous cases involving transnational companies that have been implicated in creating, facilitating or tolerating situations leading to violations of human rights and environmental degradation. Complaints raised against major transnationals include cases of land acquisition that fail to respect the land rights of traditional and indigenous communities; the industrial use of powerful chemicals impacting on the environment; forced labour; the failure to protect workers and local communities from dangerous substances; dumping of waste; polluting of rivers; tolerance of poor safety standards and working conditions; and accounts of collaboration with State military and paramilitary groups against a backdrop of widespread violence against human rights defenders. }, added-at = {2017-09-20T12:14:43.000+0200}, author = {Blackburn, Daniel}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2124acf8a4177e4d754f3eb0d7fb142d2/ttip-attac}, editor = {ICTUR}, interhash = {430309a889772463c4e940fecc4e1f43}, intrahash = {124acf8a4177e4d754f3eb0d7fb142d2}, keywords = {Binding_Treaty Court-access EU Europe Gerichts-Zugang Gerichtsbarkeit Human-Rights Human-Rights-Council Jurisdiction-Barriers Menschenrechte Menschenrechtsrat Treaty UN-Guiding-Principles UN-Leitlinien UNGP Unternehmensinteressen Unternehmenspflichten Unternehmensverantwortung}, timestamp = {2017-09-20T12:53:53.000+0200}, title = {Removing Barriers to Justice: How a Treaty on Business and Human Rights could improve access to remedy for victims}, url = {https://info.brot-fuer-die-welt.de/sites/default/files/blog-downloads/removing-barriers-executive-summary-web.pdf}, year = 2017 }