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Transcending the Binary: Linking Hard and Soft Law Through a UNGPS-Based Framework Convention

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Achieving respect for human rights by businesses requires not making the “right” choice between hard and soft law but establishing an architecture to sustain a constructive dialectic between the two. This essay argues that a business and human rights treaty modelled as a framework convention and centered initially on the UN Guiding Principles (UNGPs) offers such a structure while avoiding the shortcomings of treaty proposals advanced to date.

Source: AJIL Unbound

DOI: 10.1017/aju.2020.36

Author: Claire Methven O'Brien

Institutions: University of Dundee, Danish Institute for Human Rights

Language: English

Topic: Corporate Law and Human Rights

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3036157389