Business and Human Rights: Energy and Extractives In A Changing Landscape of New Generation Trade Agreements Protecting and Promoting Both Trade and Human Rights | King & Spalding
[co-author: Mael Clerc, Law Clerk] Allegations of genocide, forced labour, or widespread abuse of minorities in various countries fill the airspace daily; governments are increasingly paying heed to business practices abroad. In the EU and its member States, new national and Union measures are being discussed; human rights concerns are the subject of disputes under bilateral and regional trade agreements, and there is a push for a global “business and human rights” (BHR) framework. The renewed concern for human rights in trading relations builds on sparse but robust existing scaffolding. ...
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