LAW 533 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: United Nations Global Compact, World Trade Organization, Ebola Virus Disease
30 Dec 2019
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Chapter 9: international human rights law and corporations. Sa 8000 (original: 1997: un global compact (1999; since revised, draft norms on the responsibilities of transnational corporations . with respect to human. Rights (2003: un guiding guiding principles on business and human rights (2011) What standards: gaat international agreement reducing trade barriers. Wto, entity that is in charge of administering gaat. If 1 country says that another country isn"t following gaat, could lead to. Wto to impose punishments on the disobeying country. This is the most well-functioning part of international law. Addressing environmental, human rights and worker problems, international legal system is very weak and has a lot of problems. Perceived hypocrisy, the internet, ngos: perceived hypocrisy (operating responsibly in 3rd world countries) In the world we live in, it is not uncommon for an mne to do something irresponsibly and then find out 10 minutes later that there is a youtube video documenting their irresponsibility (rise of the internet)
