A luta por responsabilidade das empresas no âmbito das nações unidas e o futuro da agenda de advocacy

Abstract

Over the past 40 years the United Nations has made various attempts to develop global standards to hold companies accountable for their involvement in human rights abuses. This article traces the growing awareness of business-related human rights abuses and the limitations of the traditional State-centric approach to regulating corporations in the era of globalisation. It reflects on the reasons for the demise of the Draft UN Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and considers the strengths and weaknesses of 'the Protect, Remedy and Respect Framework' adopted by the Human Rights Council in 2008. The article concludes with a warning that unless the demands for global standards and an effective remedy for those affected by corporate misconduct are addressed, pressure for change is only liable to intensify.Original in English.

Princípios da Responsabilidade Social e Cooperação Internacional para o Desenvolvimento: Uma Análise do Programa Lagoas do Norte: Uma Análise do Programa Lagoas do Norte

“…Os direitos humanos são os direitos básicos conferidos aos seres humanos, portanto, convém que a organização respeite e promova os direitos previstos na Carta Internacional dos Direitos Humanos (Instituto Ethos, 2013). Com relação ao respeito pelos direitos humanos, nas ações do PLN, a Figura 7 mostra a interação dos termos "PMT", "assistentes sociais", "conversar", "direito" e "entendimento", evidentes nas falas: A análise sugere que há, por parte dos gestores do PLN, uma responsabilidade em coibir, dentro dos seus territórios de atuação, quaisquer violações de direitos humanos adquiridos pela população (Feeney, 2009). Essa atuação determina a identidade da PMT e a sua intencionalidade na elaboração de projetos sociais para o exercício da responsabilidade social (Mathis & Mathis, 2012).…”

Proposal for a self-assessment tool to contribute to the improvement of the emergency response process

“…In 1973, the matter was debated at the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Economic OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises", a mechanism that mentioned some labor rights, but did not explicitly mention other human rights, and was little used during the following decades (FEENEY, 2009).…”

“…I n 1 9 7 7 , t h e " T r i p a r t i t e D e c l a r a t i o n o f P r i n c i p l e s o n M u l t i n a t i o n a l E n t e r p r i s was adopted by the Governing Board of the International Labor Office of the ILO at its 204th Session (Geneva, November 1977) and amended at the Sessions 279th (November 2000), 295th (March 2006) and329th (March 2017). This document aims to provide the principles of a social policy in companies, requesting that companies respect the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights conventions, but it is not legally binding and has a strong focus on labor rights (FEENEY, 2009).…”

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“…attempt to consolidate socio-environmental guidelines for TNCs at an international level, however, the code was never concluded or admitted, after strong resistance from governments of the global north (FEENEY, 2009).…”

“…While the United Nations was working on the issue of regulating business activities, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), formed by several States that hosted large transnational corporations and feared this global initiative in the UN sphere, in 1976 presented the " OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises", a mechanism that mentioned some labor rights, but did not explicitly mention other human rights, and was little used during the following decades (FEENEY, 2009).…”