BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph

Corporations and human rights / Beisinghoff, Niels - (Schriften zum internationalen und zum öffentlichen Recht ; vol. 81), xviii, 326 p.. - Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang, 2009. - ISSN 0943-173X

ISBN 978-3-631-58418-7

LANGUAGE: ENG

ABSTRACT: Contents:. CONTENTS:. 1. Setting the stage. 2. Enforcing human rights law against TNCs - avenues. 3. ATCA. 4. Key judicial cases in ATCA litigation against TNCs. 5. Human rights responsibilities of TNCs in ATCA litigation. 6. Status ofinternational law in the US. 7. Role of international law in ATCA litigation.

INDEX WORDS:
* brott mot mänskliga rättigheter = human rights violations = ihmisoikeusloukkaukset
* krigsförbrytelser = war crimes = sotarikokset
* globalisering = globalisation = globalisaatio
* multinationella bolag = transnational corporations (TNC) = monikansalliset yritykset
* WTO = WTO = WTO
* Världsbanken = World Bank = Maailmanpankki
* internationella brottmålsdomstolen = international criminal court (ICC) = kansainvälinen rikostuomioistuin
* statsansvar = state responsibility = valtiovastuu
* EU-rätt = EU law = EU-oikeus
* NGO = NGO = NGO
* rättsfall/rättspraxis = cases/case law = oikeustapaukset/oikeuskäytäntö
* tvångsarbete = forced labour = pakkotyö
* tortyr = torture = kidutus
* folkmord = genocide = kansanmurha
* internationell sedvanerätt = customary international law = kansainvälinen tapaoikeus
* slaveri = slavery = orjuus
* brott mot mänskligheten = crimes against humanity = rikos ihmisyyttä vastaan
* tolkning = interpretation = tulkinta
* skadeståndskrav = tort claim = vahingonkorvausvaatimus
* skadeståndsskyldighet = liability = korvausvelvollisuus

GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: USA

NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; Convention to suppress the slave trade and slavery; Genocide convention; Geneva conventions; Convention concerning the application of the prinicples of the right to organize and to bargain collectively; Nuremberg charter; ECHR; ToA; Treaty of Nice; CERD; ICCPR; ICESCR; AMR; Stockholm declaration; CAT; Rio declaration; Vienna declaration and programme of action; ICTR statute; ACHPR-OP; ICC statute; EU charter of fundamental rights; OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises;

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