Transnational corporations and human rights : the tortuous search for responsibility in an unfair and unsustainable globalization.
The purpose of this article is to critically examine the obvious gaps in international law in terms of holding transnational corporations accountable for the commission of serious human rights violations. Faced with the great challenge presented by the systematic impunity of these legal entities, th...
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| description | The purpose of this article is to critically examine the obvious gaps in international law in terms of holding transnational corporations accountable for the commission of serious human rights violations. Faced with the great challenge presented by the systematic impunity of these legal entities, the only answer may be to regulate their activities. This being the case, on the one hand, this brief analysis proposes that the requirement of responsibilities to companies must come both from the international order (and not only through soft-law mechanisms such as the UN Guiding Principles, but through binding norms derived from an international treaty), as well as from the internal one, through national laws. And together with this new regulation that is emerging in some States, a bold judicial exercise is required both by national courts and by an International Criminal Court whose Statute deserves to be reformed. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-130082022-06-16T15:14:07Z Transnational corporations and human rights : the tortuous search for responsibility in an unfair and unsustainable globalization. Empresas transnacionales y derechos humanos : la tortuosa búsqueda de responsabilidades en una globalización injusta e insostenible. Esteve Moltó, José Elías Empresas transnacionales Responsabilidad Corporativa Principios Rectores Planes de Acción Nacional Grupo de Trabajo sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos Transnational companies Corporate responsability Guiding Principles National Action Plans Working Group on Business and Human Rights The purpose of this article is to critically examine the obvious gaps in international law in terms of holding transnational corporations accountable for the commission of serious human rights violations. Faced with the great challenge presented by the systematic impunity of these legal entities, the only answer may be to regulate their activities. This being the case, on the one hand, this brief analysis proposes that the requirement of responsibilities to companies must come both from the international order (and not only through soft-law mechanisms such as the UN Guiding Principles, but through binding norms derived from an international treaty), as well as from the internal one, through national laws. And together with this new regulation that is emerging in some States, a bold judicial exercise is required both by national courts and by an International Criminal Court whose Statute deserves to be reformed. Resumen: El presente artículo tiene como objeto examinar de una manera crítica las evidentes lagunas que presenta el derecho internacional en materia de exigencia de responsabilidades a las corporaciones transnacionales por la comisión de graves violaciones a los derechos humanos. Ante el gran reto que presenta la sistemática impunidad de estas personas jurídicas, la única respuesta puede ser la regulación de sus actividades. Siendo así, por un lado, este breve análisis plantea que la exigencia de responsabilidades a las empresas debe provenir tanto del orden internacional (y no sólo a través de mecanismos propios del soft-law como los Principios Rectores de la ONU, sino mediante normas vinculantes derivadas de un tratado internacional), como del interno, a través de leyes nacionales. Y junto a esa nueva normativa que va emergiendo en algunos Estados, se requiere de un ejercicio judicial audaz tanto por parte de los tribunales nacionales, como por un Tribunal Penal Internacional cuyo Estatuto merecería ser reformado. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2021-07-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/derecho_realidad/article/view/13008 10.19053/16923936.v19.n37.2021.13008 Derecho y Realidad; Vol. 19 No. 37 (2021): Enero - Junio; 33-51 Derecho y Realidad; Vol. 19 Núm. 37 (2021): Enero - Junio; 33-51 Derecho y Realidad; v. 19 n. 37 (2021): Enero - Junio; 33-51 2619-5607 1692-3936 10.19053/16923936.v19.n37.2021 spa https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/derecho_realidad/article/view/13008/10791 Derechos de autor 2021 PreferenciasJosé Elías Esteve Moltó http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Empresas transnacionales Responsabilidad Corporativa Principios Rectores Planes de Acción Nacional Grupo de Trabajo sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos Transnational companies Corporate responsability Guiding Principles National Action Plans Working Group on Business and Human Rights Esteve Moltó, José Elías Transnational corporations and human rights : the tortuous search for responsibility in an unfair and unsustainable globalization. |
| title | Transnational corporations and human rights : the tortuous search for responsibility in an unfair and unsustainable globalization. |
| title_alt | Empresas transnacionales y derechos humanos : la tortuosa búsqueda de responsabilidades en una globalización injusta e insostenible. |
| title_full | Transnational corporations and human rights : the tortuous search for responsibility in an unfair and unsustainable globalization. |
| title_fullStr | Transnational corporations and human rights : the tortuous search for responsibility in an unfair and unsustainable globalization. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transnational corporations and human rights : the tortuous search for responsibility in an unfair and unsustainable globalization. |
| title_short | Transnational corporations and human rights : the tortuous search for responsibility in an unfair and unsustainable globalization. |
| title_sort | transnational corporations and human rights the tortuous search for responsibility in an unfair and unsustainable globalization |
| topic | Empresas transnacionales Responsabilidad Corporativa Principios Rectores Planes de Acción Nacional Grupo de Trabajo sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos Transnational companies Corporate responsability Guiding Principles National Action Plans Working Group on Business and Human Rights |
| topic_facet | Empresas transnacionales Responsabilidad Corporativa Principios Rectores Planes de Acción Nacional Grupo de Trabajo sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos Transnational companies Corporate responsability Guiding Principles National Action Plans Working Group on Business and Human Rights |
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