Session 26: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights and Conclusion

11 April 2013

 

NOTE: THIS IS THE FINAL CLASS OF THE SEMESTER. 45 MINS WILL BE DEDICATED TO CONCLUDING COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

Readings:

Fasciglione Marco, “Corporate responsibilty for violations of Human Rights: Some remarks on teh US Court of Appeal Decision in Kiobel’,  Dec. 2011.

Center for Constitutional Rights, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Synopsis

Peter T. Muchlinski, Human Rights and Multinationals, is there a problem, (2001) 77(1) International Affairs 31.

Report of the Special Rapporteur of teh Secretary General on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other business enterprises, March 2011, A/HR/17/31.