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040			_aES-MaBCA _cES-MaBCA
100			_914639 _aZamfir, Ionel
245			_aTowards a binding international treaty on business and human rights
260			_bEuropean Parliamentary Research Service _cJuly 2017
300			_a12 p. _fRecurso online
490			_aBriefing
520			_aWith its extended value chains, economic globalisation has provided numerous opportunities, while also creating specific challenges, including in the area of human rights protection. The recent history of transnational corporations contains numerous examples of human rights abuses occurring as a result of their operations. Such corporations are known to have taken advantage of loose regulatory frameworks in developing countries, corruption, or lack of accountability resulting from legal rules shielding corporate interests. This situation has created a pressing need to establish international norms regulating business operations in relation to human rights. So far, the preferred approach has been "soft', consisting of the adoption of voluntary guidelines for businesses. Several sets of such norms exist at international level, the most notable being the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Nevertheless, while such voluntary commitments are clearly useful, they cannot entirely stop gross human rights violations (such as child labour, labour rights violations and land grabbing) committed by transnational corporations, their subsidiaries or suppliers. To address the shortcomings of the soft approach, an intergovernmental working group was established within the UN framework in June 2014, with the task of drafting a binding treaty on human rights and business. After being reluctant at the outset, the EU has become involved in the negotiations, but has insisted that the future treaty's scope should include all businesses, not only transnational ones. The European Parliament is a staunch supporter of this initiative and has encouraged the EU to take a positive and constructive approach.
610		0	_91645 _aUnión Europea
650		0	_91176 _aDerechos humanos
650		0	_94823 _aDerecho internacional
650		0	_96946 _aGestión de Empresas
650		0	_93575 _aCooperación Internacional
710			_912899 _aParlamento Europeo _b. Servicio de Investigación Parlamentario Europeo
856	4		_uhttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2017/608636/EPRS_BRI(2017)608636_EN.pdf _y *DESCARGAR PDF*
942			_2udc _cART _kBoletín UE _mJulio - Agosto 2017
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