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Article

1 Jan 2002

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International Council on Human Rights Policy

[PDF] Beyond Voluntarism: Human rights and the developing international legal obligations of companies [full report]

Interest is growing in the responsibility of private companies to respect human rights... Governments and companies themselves have shown a distinct preference for limiting the debate to voluntary standards and self-regulation... This report examines the extent to which international rules for the protection of human rights create binding legal obligations on companies... The argument we advance in this report is that there is a clear basis in international law for extending international legal obligations to companies in relation to human rights.