Business corporations can and do violate human rights all over the world and they are often not being held to account. Emblematic cases and situations such as the state of the Niger Delta and the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory are examples of what appears to be systemic corporate human rights abuses which are not being adequately prevented and remedied. The picture seems to be one of limited accountability of business in the human rights area. "Business and human rights" as a field seeks to enhance the accountability of business companies and business people in the human rights area...
Business corporations can and do violate human rights all over the world and they are often not being held to account. Emblematic cases and situati...
The increase in the number of countries that have abolished the death penalty since the end of the Second World War shows a steady trend towards worldwide abolition of capital punishment. This book focuses on the political and legal issues raised by the death penalty in "countries in transition," understood as countries that have transitioned or are transitioning from conflict to peace, or from authoritarianism to democracy. In such countries, the politics that surround retaining or abolishing the death penalty are embedded in complex state-building processes.
In this context,...
The increase in the number of countries that have abolished the death penalty since the end of the Second World War shows a steady trend towards wo...
