Corporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justice

by Sabine Michalowski (Editor)

Overview

Corporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justice explores how corporations can be held accountable for their role in past human rights violations when a country is making a transition from conflict or repression to peace and democracy. It breaks new ground in theorizing the linkages between the areas of transitional justice and corporate accountability and analyzing problems frequently arising where the two fields meet in practice, for example where the role of corporations in past human rights violations is examined by truth and reconciliation commissions or in the course of litigation.

The book provides an overview of the current trends in law and in legal and political discussion relating to both areas, as well as in-depth analysis of how tools of corporate accountability and transitional justice can complement each other in order to achieve the best outcomes for bringing justice to victims and lasting peace to societies. The authors bring extensive experience from diverse professional backgrounds and jurisdictions to provide the first sustained attempt to address this link. The book will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, policymakers and activists working in the areas of transitional justice; corporate accountability; and business and human rights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415524902
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/03/2013
Series:	Transitional Justice
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sabine Michalowski is a Professor of Law at the University of Essex. Her research interests include the economic and social dimensions of transitional justice as well as corporate complicity. Her recent publications include articles on corporate complicity and on the link between sovereign debt and transitional justice.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Transitional Justice and Corporate Accountability: Exploring Current Trends and Potential Linkages 1. Linking Transitional Justice and Corporate Accountability 2. Toward a Multi-Directional Approach to Corporate Accountability 3. Corporate Complicity for Human Rights Violations: Using Transnational Civil and Criminal Litigation 4. Corporate Accountability in the Framework of the Special Representative on Business and Human Rights 5. Corporations and Redress in Transitional Justice Processes 6. Legal Options for Addressing Corporate Accountability, Reparations, and Distributive Justice Needs in Times of Transition 7. Advancing the Accountability of Corporations for Their Impact on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: Reflections on the Use of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Part 2: Linking Transitional Justice and Corporate Accountability: Examples and Case Studies 8. Corporate Accountability, a Tough Tool for Transitional Justice: A Selective Overview of the South African Experience 9. International Criminal Law and Transnational Businesses: Cases from Argentina and Colombia 10. Another Brick in the Uruguayan Transition: Financial Complicity 11. The Legal Framework for Private Investors in Kosovo: Implications for Environmental Protection in a Transitional Economy 12. Transitional States and the Flag of Convenience Fishing Industry Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

"The book edited by Sabine Michalowski, Professor of Law at the University of Essex, is a welcome contribution because it addresses a question almost unexplored so far: how can corporations be held accountable for their role in human rights abuses when a country is making a transition from conflict or repression to peace and democracy? The volume deals with this question from both a theoretical and a practical perspective."
- Damiano de Felice, London School of Economics and Political Science for Human Rights Law Review (vol 14, no 3, September 2014)

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