Business and Human Rights in Southeast Asia: Risk and the Regulatory Turn

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Company law

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Taylor & francis

Business and Human Rights in Southeast Asia: Risk and the Regulatory Turn : Routledge : 9781138215252 : 1138215252 : 04 Aug 2016 : Business and human rights has emerged as a distinct field within the corporate governance movement. The endorsement by the United Nations Human Rights Council of a new set of Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights in 2011 reinforces the State's duty to protect against human rights abuses by third parties, including business; the corporate responsibility to respect human rights; and greater access by victims to effective remedy, both judicial and non-judicial. This book draws on the UN Guiding Principles and recent national plans of action, to provide an overview of relevant developments within the ASEAN region. Bridging theory and practice, the editors have positioned this book at the intersection of human rights risk and its regulation. Chapter authors discuss the implications of key case-studies undertaken across the region and various sectors,

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