Corporate Accountability Working Group Dossier

ESCR-Net

Corporate Accountability

Dossier and Bibliography for

ESCR-Net’s International Strategy Meeting in Kenya

I.  RESOURCE MATERIALS IN ENGLISH:

You will find two selections of documents below: (1) the dossier and (2) the bibliography. The dossier encompasses papers suggested for reading in preparation for the Meeting and you will find them on this CD. The bibliography encompasses complementary readings.

DOSSIER

1.  De Schutter, Olivier. “Transnational Corporations and Human Rights: An Introduction," New York School of Law, Global Law Working Paper, (2005), 16 pages. Available at: http://www.law.nyu.edu/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=ECM_DLV_015847&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased. Last access on November 8, 2008.

2.  Chirwa, Danwood M. “The doctrine of state responsibility as a potential means of making private actors accountable for human rights,” Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol. 5, pp. 1-36, (2004). Available at: http://www.mjil.law.unimelb.edu.au/issues/archive/2004(1)/01Chirwa.pdf. Last access on September 15, 2008.

3.  Howen, Nicholas. “Beyond Voluntarism - Human rights and the developing international legal obligations of companies,” International Council on Human Rights, (2002), 184 pages. Available at: http://www.ichrp.org/files/reports/7/107_report_en.pdf. Last access on April 10, 2008.

4.  Scott, Craig. “Multinational enterprises and emergent jurisprudence on violations of economic, social and cultural rights,” In: Eide, Asbjørn / Krause, Catarina / Rosas, Allan (eds). Economic, social and cultural rights: A textbook (2nd ed.). Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. 563-595, (2001). Available at: http://osgoode.yorku.ca/osgmedia.nsf/0/35967196B29478A58525720A006110B0/$FILE/Multinational%20Enterprises.pdf. Last access on September 15, 2008.

5.  Ratner, Steven R. “Corporations and human rights: A theory of legal responsibility.” Yale Law Journal, Vol. 111, No. 3, p. 443-545, (2001). Available at: http://yalelawjournal.org/images/pdfs/371.pdf. Last access on April 10, 2008.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

MOVEMENT BUILDING

6.  Uttig, Peter. “Rethinking Business Regulations: From Self-regulation to Social Control,” UN Research Institute for Social Development Technology, Business and Society, Programme Paper No. 15, (September/2005), 37 pages. Available at: http://www.unrisd.org/80256B61003C1422/(messages)/D7E896ABC0D86D59802573ED0040B2CA?OpenDocument&login_url=/80256B3C005C2802/(ViewPDF)?OpenAgent&parentunid=F02AC3DB0ED406E0C12570A10029BEC8&parentdb=80256B3C005BCCF9&parentdoctype=paper&netitpath=80256B3C005BCCF9/(httpAuxPages)/F02AC3DB0ED406E0C12570A10029BEC8/$file/utting.pdf. Last access on April 17, 2008.

7.  Bendell, Jem. “Barricades and Boardrooms: a Contemporary History of the Corporate Accountability Movement,” UN Research Institute for Social Development Programme Paper No. 13, (June/2004), 72 pages. Available at: http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/advocacy/protest/general/2004/0607rooms.pdf. Last access on April 10, 2008.

INTERNATIONAL LEGAL OBLIGATIONS OF COMPANIES

8.  Chirwa, Danwood M. “The long march to binding obligations of transnational corporations in international human rights law,” South African Journal on Human Rights, Vol. 22, No. 1, p. 76 – 98, (2006).

9.  Clapham, Andrew. The Human Rights Obligations of Non-State Actors, Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, (2006), 648 pages.

10.  Kinley, David and Chambers, Rachel. “The UN Human Rights Norms for Corporations: The Private Implications of Public International Law,” Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 3, (2006). Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=944153. Last access on April 17, 2008.

11.  Rights and Accountability in Development / World University Service / ESCR-Net. “Joint NGO Submission to the Consultation on Human Rights and the Extractive Industry,” (2005). Available at: http://www.escr-net.org/actions_more/actions_more_show.htm?doc_id=433589&parent_id=430908. Last access on April 17, 2008.

12.  Oldenziel, Joris. “The added value of the UN Norms, A comparative analysis of the UN Norms for Business with existing international instruments, A SOMO analysis,” Center for Research on Multinational Corporations, (2005), 37 pages. Available at: http://www.corporate-accountability.org/eng/documents/2005/added_value_of_the_un_norm.pdf. Last access on April 17, 2008.

13.  Human Rights Watch. “Corporate Accountability: A Human Rights Watch Position Paper - Recommendations to the Special Representative to the U.N. Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights,” (2005). Available at: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/09/09/global11723.htm. Last access on April 17, 2008.

14.  Alston, Philip (ed.). Non-state actors and human rights, Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2005), 400 pages.

15.  Kinley, David / Tadaki, Junko. “From Talk to Walk: The Emergence of Human Rights Responsibilities for Corporations at International Law,” Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 931-1023, (2004). Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=923360. Last access on April 10, 2008.

16.  Vazquez, Carlos. “Human Rights Obligations of Corporations Under International Law, Working Draft,” Paper presented at the University of California Berkeley International Law Workshop, (2004), 69 pages. Available at: http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=berkeley_ilw. Last access on April 10, 2008.

17.  Monshipouri, Mahmood. “Multinational Corporations and the Ethics of Global Responsibility: Problems and Possibilities,” Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 965-989, (2003).

18.  Weissbrodt, David and Kruger, Muria. “Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights,” American Journal of International Law, Vol. 97, pp. 901-921, (2003). Available at: www.ilsa.org/jessup/jessup06/basicmats2/weissbrodt.doc. Last access on April 17, 2008.

19.  Engström, Viljam. “Who Is Responsible for Corporate Human Rights Violations?” Finland: Åbo Akademi University, Institute for Human Rights, (2002), 68 pages. Available at: http://web.abo.fi/instut/imr/norfa/ville.pdf. Last access on April 10, 2008.

20.  Paust, Jordan J. “Human rights responsibilities of private corporations,” Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 35, p. 801, (2002).

21.  Jägers, Nicola. Corporate human rights obligations: In search of accountability, Antwerpen: Intersentia, (2002), 312 pages.

22.  Kamminga, Menno T. And Zia-Zarifi, Saman (ed.). Liability of Multinational Corporations under International Law. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, (2000), 432 pages.

COMPLICITY

23.  “Corporate Complicity in International Crimes,“ Expert Legal Panel on Corporate Complicity in International Crimes of the International Commision of Jurists, (2008), 3 volumes. Available at http://www.business-humanrights.org/Updates/Archive/ICJPaneloncomplicity

24.  Manzella, Lillian. “International Law Standard for Corporate Aiding and Abetting Liability,” EarthRights International, (2006), 24 pages. Available at http://www.earthrights.org/files/aiding_and_abetting_paper.pdf. Last access on April 17, 2008.

EXTRATERRITORIALITY

25.  Schutter, Olivier de. “Extraterritorial Jurisdiction as a tool for improving the Human Rights Accountability of Transnational Corporations,” (2006), 52 pages. Available at: http://www.reports-and-materials.org/Olivier-de-Schutter-report-for-SRSG-re-extraterritorial-jurisdiction-Dec-2006.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

26.  Business and Human Rights Resource Center. “Seminar of Legal Experts: Extraterritorial legislation as a tool to improve the accountability of transnational corporations for human rights violations,” (2006), 13 pages. Available at: http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/Extraterritorial-legislation-to-improve-accountability-legal-experts-seminar-Brussels-summary-report-3-4-Nov-2006.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

27.  Myfanwy, Badge. “Transboundary Accountability for Transnational Corporations: Using Private Claims, Working Paper,” Chatham House, (2006), 66 pages. Available at: http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/files/3320_ilp_tnc.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

ACCESS TO JUSTICE

28.  Oxford Pro Bono Publico (OPBP). “Obstacles to Justice and Redress for Victims of Corporate Human Rights Abuse: A Comparative submission prepared for Professor John Ruggie UN Secretary General’s Special Representative on Business & Human Rights,” University of Oxford, (2008), 374 pages. Available at: http://www.reports-and-materials.org/Oxford-Pro-Bono-Publico-submission-to-Ruggie-3-Nov-08.pdf. Last access on November 5, 2008.

29.  Stephens, Beth / Chomsky, Judith / Hoffman, Paul / Green, Jennifer / Ratner, Michael. International Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts, 2nd Ed, Netherlands: Brill and Martinus Nijhoff, (2008), 654 pages.

30.  Joseph, Sarah. “Corporations and Transnational Human Rights Litigation.” International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 54, Issue 4, (2005), 6 pages. Available at: http://www.hart.oxi.net/updates/pdfs/sj.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

31.  EarthRights International. “In Our Court: ATCA, Sosa, and the Triumph of Human Rights – A report about the Alien Tort Claims Act,” (2004), 38 pages. Available at http://www.earthrights.org/files/Reports/inourcourt.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

32.  Blumberg, Phillip. “Asserting Human Rights Against Multinational Corporations Under US Law: Conceptual and Procedural Problems,” American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 50, pp. 493-529, (2002).

33.  Herz, Rick. “Litigating Environmental Abuses Under the Alien Tort Claims Act: A Practical Assessment,” Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 40, (2000). To have a copy, please contact EarthRights International. Abstract available at: http://www.earthrights.org/blogsection/publications/page_4.html. Last access on April 21, 2008.

34.  Lambert, Lisa. “At the Crossroads of Environmental and Human Rights Standards: Aguinda v. Texaco, Inc. Using the Alien Tort Claims Act to Hold Multinational Corporate Violators of International Laws Accountable in U.S. Courts,” Journal on Transnational Law & Policy, Vol. 10, No. 1, (2000), 24 pages. Available at: http://www.law.fsu.edu/Journals/transnational/vol101/Lambert.pdf. Last access on October 30, 2008.

GUIDES

35.  EarthRights International. “Transnational Litigation Manual, Revised 2nd Ed,” (2007), 79 pages. Available at: http://www.earthrights.org/files/Reports/lit_manual_2nd_edition_2007.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

36.  Hildyard, Nicholas / Mansley, Mark. “The Campaigner’s Guide to Financial Markets: Effective Lobbying of Companies and Financial Institutions,” Corner House, (2001), 204 pages. Available at: http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/pdf/document/camguide.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

37.  Freeman, Colleen / Heydenreich, Cornelia / Lillywhite, Serena. “Guide to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises’ Complaint Procedure. Lessons from Past NGO Complaints,” Rights and Accountability in Development, (2006), 48 pages. Available at: http://www.raid-uk.org/docs/Guidelines/Guide_Complaint_Procedure.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

38.  Colchester, Marcus and Ferrari, Maurizio Farhan. “Making FPIC - Free, Prior and Informed Consent - Work: Challenges and Prospects for Indigenous People,”
Forest Peoples Programme, (2007), 28 pages. Available at: http://www.forestpeoples.org/documents/law_hr/fpic_synthesis_jun07_eng.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

39.  Forest Peoples Programme. “Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Transnational and Other Business Enterprises: A Review of International Law and Jurisprudence,” (2007), 72 pages. Available at: http://www.forestpeoples.org/documents/law_hr/af_com_ip_rights_submission_may07.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

40.  Isabela Figueroa. “Indigenous peoples versus oil companies: Constitutional control within resistance,” Sur – International Journal for Human Rights, Vol. 4, (2006), 35 pages. Available at: http://www.surjournal.org/eng/conteudos/artigos4/ing/artigo_figueroa.htm. Last access on April 21, 2006.

41.  Forest Peoples Programme and Tebtebba Foundation. “Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Extractive Industries and Transnational and Other Business Enterprises: Submission to John Ruggie, UN Secretary General's Special Representative on Human Rights and Transnational and Other Business Enterprises,” (2006), 70 pages. Available at: http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/Forest-Peoples-Tebtebba-submission-to-SRSG-re-indigenous-rights-29-Dec-2006.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES

42.  Nwobike, Justice. “Pharmaceutical corporations and access to drugs in developing countries: The way forward,” Sur – International Journal for Human Rights, Vol. 4, (2006), 23 pages. Available at: http://www.surjournal.org/eng/conteudos/artigos4/ing/artigo_nwobike.htm. Last access on April 21, 2008.

INSTITUTIONS

43.  Ruggie, John. "Business and Human Rights - the Evolving International Agenda," Forthcoming paper in American Journal of International Law, (2007), 39 pages. Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=976547. For a compilation of briefing papers prepared for his mandate, see: http://www.business-humanrights.org/Updates/Archive/SpecialRepPapers. Last access on April 21, 2008.

44.  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. “Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, A/HRC/4/35,” (2007), 26 pages. Available at: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/trans_corporations/reports.htm. Last access on April 21, 2008.

45.  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. “Human Rights, Alternative Dispute Resolution and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, Briefing note for the participants at the Workshop on Accountability and Dispute Resolution,” Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, (2007), 22 pages. Available at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/11/38297552.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT

46.  Singh, Kavaljit. Why investment matters: the political economy of international investments, UK: FERN, The Corner House, CRBM, and Madhyam Books, (2007), 178 pages. Available at: http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/pdf/document/Investment.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

47.  Rights & Democracy. “Human Rights Impact Assessments for Foreign Investment Projects: Learning from Community Experiences in the Philippines, Tibet, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Argentina and Peru,” (2007), 178 pages. Available at: http://www.dd-rd.ca/site/_PDF/publications/globalization/hria/full%20report_may_2007.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

48.  Mann, Howard. "International Investment Agreements, Business and Human Rights: Key Issues and Opportunities," International Institute for Sustainable Development, (2008) Available at: http://www.reports-and-materials.org/IISD-Ruggie-Feb-2008.pdf. Last access on April 21, 2008.

OTHER

49.  Teitelbaum, Alejandro. "United Nations and Transnational Corporations: a deadly association," Transnational Institute, (2007). Available at: http://www.tni.org/detail_page.phtml?act_id=16610. Last access on April 17, 2008.

50.  Garvey, N. and Newell, P. “Corporate Accountability to the poor? Assessing the effectiveness of community-based strategies,” Development in Practice, Vol. 15, No. 3-4, pp. 389-404, (2005).

51.  Koh, Harold Hongju. “Separating Myth from Reality About Corporate Responsibility Litigation,” Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 263-274, (2004).

52.  For many other relevant materials of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, please access: http://www.business-humanrights.org/Gettingstarted/UNSpecialRepresentative.

Red-DESC

EMPRESAS Y DERECHOS HUMANOS

Dossier y bibliografía para la Reunión Internacional sobre Estrategias de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales, y la Asamblea General de la Red-DESC
Nairobi, Kenia

II. MATERIALES EN ESPAÑOL:

Usted encontrará dos selecciones de documentos abajo: (1) el dossier y (2) la bibliografía. El dossier trae artículos cuya lectura es sugerida en preparación para la reunión y que se encuentran en este CD. La bibliografía incluye un detalle pormenorizado de lecturas complementarias.

DOSSIER

1.  Martín-Ortega, Olga. “Empresas Multinacionales y Derechos Humanos en Derecho Internacional,” Bosch Editor, (2008), 14 páginas. Disponible en: http://www.reports-and-materials.org/Martin-Ortega-Empresas-Derechos-Humanos-2008.pdf. Ultimo acceso en 11 septiembre 2008.

2.  Manzella, Lilian / Lusiani, Nicholas. “Informe Colectivo sobre las Empresas y los Derechos Humanos: Presentación al 8º período de sesiones del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas,” Red Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales, (2008). Disponible en: http://www.escr-net.org/actions_more/actions_more_show.htm?doc_id=693583&parent_id=431014. Ultimo acceso en 20 noviembre 2008.

3.  Talliant, Jorge Daniel. “Editorial: La Responsabilidad Empresaria y los Derechos Humanos,” Boletín Empresa y Derechos Humanos, No. 32, (2007), 13 páginas. Disponible en: http://www.escolapau.org/img/programas/derecho/bedh/bedh032.pdf. Ultimo acceso en 11 septiembre 2008.

4.  Derechos y Democracia. “Estudio de los impactos de los proyectos de inversión extranjera en los derechos humanos: Aprender de las experiencias de comunidades en las Filipinas, Tíbet, la República Democrática del Congo, Argentina y Perú,” (2007), 178 pgs. Disponible en: http://www.dd-rd.ca/site/_PDF/publications/es/globalizacion/spanishreport_final.pdf. Último acceso en 28 de agosto de 2008.

5.  Howen, Nicholas. “Más allá de lo discrecional: Los derechos humanos y la emergencia de obligaciones legales internacionales para las empresas: Resumen.” El Consejo Internacional para Estudios de Derechos Humanos, (2002) 16 páginas. Disponible en: http://www.observatoriorsc.org/descargas/biblioteca/documentos/derechos/masvoluntario.pdf. Ultimo acceso en 17 abril 2008.

BIBLIOGRAFÍA

6.  UN Research Institute for Social Development. “Responsabilidad social y regulación de las empresas,” (2005), 4 páginas. Disponible en: http://www.unrisd.org/80256B61003C1422/(messages)/D7E896ABC0D86D59802573ED0040B2CA?OpenDocument&login_url=/80256B3C005C2802/(ViewPDF)?OpenAgent&parentunid=C57BDFE2A869174EC1256FFC002F294A&parentdb=80256B3C005BCCF9&parentdoctype=brief&netitpath=80256B3C005BCCF9/(httpAuxPages)/C57BDFE2A869174EC1256FFC002F294A/$file/RPB1s.pdf

7.  UNRISD, “InfoEvento: Responsabilidad social de las empresas y desarrollo: ¿Hacia una nueva agenda?” (2003), 40 páginas. Disponible en: http://www.unrisd.org/80256B61003C1422/(messages)/D7E896ABC0D86D59802573ED0040B2CA?OpenDocument&login_url=/80256B3C005C2802/(ViewPDF)?OpenAgent&parentunid=3C8B42D75C691F4DC1257035004A3E2D&parentdb=80256B3C005BCCF9&parentdoctype=newsletter&netitpath=80256B3C005BCCF9/(httpAuxPages)/3C8B42D75C691F4DC1257035004A3E2D/$file/cn13s.pdf. Último acceso en 30 de Octubre de 2008.

ESTUDIOS DE CASO

8.  Fundación Ideas para la Paz, “Recomendaciones de la Fundación Ideas para la Paz (FIP) para la implementación de los Principios Voluntarios en Seguridad y Derechos Humanos (Principios Voluntarios) en Colombia,” (2008), 2 páginas. Disponible en: http://www.ideaspaz.org/new_site/secciones/publicaciones/download_publicaciones/FIP_and_the_VPs_ESP.pdf. Ultimo acceso en 11 septiembre 2008.