While the euro-centric world does no longer exist, the European Union and its Member States attempt to create a level playing field in which private transnational corporations based in emerging and developing states can be held accountable for human rights violations. Innovatively, this book considers such corporations as competitors of EU-based corporations. It comprehensively studies both mandatory regulation and civil judicial remediation. This book operates seamlessly between numerous complex legal orders. Apart from international and EU law perspectives, the book integrates (field) studies covering global value chains: floriculture in Kenya and the Netherlands and electronics in South-Korea and France.
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Contents
The book integrates international, European Union, French and Dutch law. It also contains two case studies. Thereto, the author carried out field work in the Kenyan floriculture and the South Korean electronics industries.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 International law
Chapter 3 The European Union
Chapter 4 European Union Member State: France
Chapter 5 European Union Member State: The Netherlands
Chapter 6 Case study: The Kenyan floriculture industry
Chapter 7 Case study: The South Korean electronics industry
Chapter 8 Conclusion
See table of contents >
Awards
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Andrés Bello Prize
Awarded during the 80th online session of the Geneva based Institute de Droit International
HUMAN RIGHTS
René Cassin Thesis Prize 2021
Awarded the English language prize by the Strasbourg based Foundation that was founded by René Cassin in 1969
EUROPEAN LAW
European Public Law Organization Thesis Prize 2020
Awarded by the Scientific Council in Sounion
In the News
Methodology New Socio-Legal Book on Business and Human Rights - SLSA Blog
Summary New Kids on the Block - Fifteeneightyfour (CUP)
Interview Meet the book author - Journal of Law and Society Conversations
Picture essay In Kenia is de ene Rozenplantage de Andere niet. 'Klagen is Ontslag Vragen' - Knack magazine (in Dutch)
Picture The Unfolding Trials of Samsung's Leader - In the Long Run
Picture essay Meer dan 200 Samsung Arbeiders Ziek of Dood door Blootstelling aan Toxische Chemicaliën - Eos magazine (in Dutch)
Quotes and endorsements
MARCELO KOHEN Professor,
Graduate Institute Geneva
This book deserves to be widely read both by lawyers and policy-makers.
MARK DAWSON Professor,
Hertie School of Governance Berlin
LAURENCE GORMLEY Professor,
University of Groningen
JO SHAW Professor,
University of Edinburgh
Excerpts
Passing the Baton? Extractive Business and Human Rights Regulation in the US and the EU - Columbia Journal of European Law Preliminary Reference
Are Countries Permitted to Regulate Corporate Human Rights Violations Abroad? - Michigan Journal of International Law Online
After Jesner: The French Judiciary Takes Over - Yale Journal on Regulation: Notice & Comment
The Netherlands Steps Up Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor - Columbia Journal of Transnational Law Bulletin
Where is the Flower Power These Days? - Afronomicslaw
Public book talks
15 November 2022 (16h30-18h) Vrije Universiteit Brussel and online (discussant: João Teixeira de Freitas; organiser: Kristin Henrard)
24 November 2022 (13h-14h) KULeuven and online (moderator: Teresa Cabrita; organiser: Elise Muir)
1 December 2022 (12h15 - 13h15) Université Libre de Bruxelles (moderator: Anne Lagerwall; organiser: Samara Hussain)
19 December 2022 (15h30-17h) University of Amsterdam and online (moderator: Ingo Venzke; organiser: Ellysia van der Werf)
20 December 2022 (12h30-14h) Ghent University (moderator: Tom Ruys; organiser: Frederik Rogiers)
18 January 2023 (13h-14h) Leiden University (organisers: Melanie Fink and Vestert Borger)
23 February 2023 (12h15-14h00) Geneva Graduate Institute (discussant: Agustín Giustiniani; moderator: Karem Cardenas Ynfanzon; organisers: Anne Saab and Fuad Zarbiyev)
1 March 2023 (14h) Geneva Support Group for the Western Sahara, side event 52nd session UN Human Rights Council (organiser: Gianfranco Fattorini)
28 March 2023 (12h30-14h) University of Antwerp (moderator: Janet Sego; organisers: Johan Meeusen, Deborah Casalin and Aleksandra Kubinska)
About the author
Aleydis Nissen is an FWO and F.R.S.-FNRS researcher at the Free Universities of Brussels and Leiden Law School. She studied at KULeuven and Cardiff University. She used to work at Vlerick Business School and was a visiting researcher at the University of Nairobi, Seoul National University and the University of Oxford. Read more on her webpage.
Contact a.m.h.nissen@law.leidenuniv.nl