Towards a UN Business and Human Rights Treaty

Ilias Bantekas

doi:10.1017/9781108907293.026

Towards a UN Business and Human Rights Treaty

Ilias Bantekas^*

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HBKU College of Law

Georgetown University

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Abstract

This chapter examines the emergence of a treaty regime at the UN on business and human rights. It examines the key provisions of the Zero Draft as well as the amendments addressed by the draft presented in August 2020. This is a welcome development and it is clear that the focus of the emerging treaty is not so much on the corporations themselves but on the necessary positive measures required of states in this field.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Cambridge Companion to Business & Human Rights Law
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	583-610
Number of pages	28
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108907293
ISBN (Print)	9781108830379
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108907293.026
Publication status	Published - 9 Sept 2021

Keywords

Business and human rights treaty
Investment
Multinational corporations
Private international law

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