Vol. 2 Núm. 2 (2018)
Artículos regulares

Keeping the head up: lessons learned from the international debate on business and human rights

Daniel Fernando Uribe Terán
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies | Genebra, Suíça
Biografía

Publicado 2018-07-31

Palabras clave

  • Business and Human Rights,
  • Human Rights Council,
  • Binding instrument

Cómo citar

Terán, D. F. U. (2018). Keeping the head up: lessons learned from the international debate on business and human rights. Homa Publica - Revista Internacional De Derechos Humanos Y Empresas, 2(2), e:029. Recuperado a partir de https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/HOMA/article/view/30559

Resumen

The present paper analyses the negotiating history of different initiatives related to the issue of business and human rights in the United Nations. It particularly focusses on the different lessons learned in such negotiations with the view of identifying and clarifying the challenges developing countries face in the negotiation of an international instrument on business and human rights which is currently discussed in the United Nations Human Rights Council.

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