Selected Publications

Monographs

R. Mares, The Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibilities (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers/ Kluwer Law International, 2008) Abstract

Doctoral dissertation: Institutionalisation of Corporate Social Responsibilities – Synergies between the Practices of Leading Multinational Enterprises and Human Rights Law/Policy, Lund University (2005) Abstract

Edited volumes

R. Mares (ed.), The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights – Foundations and Implementation, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (Leiden, Boston 2012) Abstract

R. Mares (ed.), Business and Human Rights – A Compilation of Documents, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, (Leiden, Boston 2004) Abstract

Articles

R. Mares, ‘Decentering Human Rights from the International Order of States: The Alignment and Interaction of Transnational Policy Channels Full text

R. Mares, ‘A Rejoinder to G. Skinner’s rethinking Limited Liability of Paren t Corporations for Foreign Subsidiaries’ Violations of International Human Rights Law Full text

R. Mares, ‘Corporate and State Responsibilities in Conflict-Affected Areas’, Nordic Journal of International law, Volume 83, Number 3 (2014) pp. 293-345 Abstract Full text

R. Mares, ‘ “Respect” Human Rights: Concept and Convergence’, in R. C. Bird et al. (eds) Law, Business and Human Rights: Bridging the Gap (Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2014) Abstract Full text

R. Mares, ‘Business and Human Rights After Ruggie: Foundations, the Art of Simplification and the Imperative of Cumulative Progress’, in R. Mares (ed.), The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights – Foundations and Implementation, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (Leiden, Boston 2012) pp. 1-50 Abstract Full text

R. Mares, Responsibility to respect: Why the core company should act when affiliates infringe rights’, in R. Mares (ed.), The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights – Foundations and Implementation, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (Leiden, Boston 2012) pp. 169-192 Abstract Full text

R. Mares, ‘From charity to institutional development: Reflections on Newmont’s CSR strategies and conflict-avoidance in Ghana’ in I. Boerefijn et al., Human Rights: Pre-Conflict, In Conflict, and Post-Conflict, Intersentia (Cambridge, 2012) pp. 213-231 Abstract

R. Mares, ‘Corporate responsibility and compliance with the law: land, dispossession and aftermath at Newmont’s Ahafo project in Ghana’, Business and Society Review 117.2 (2012) Abstract Full text

R. Mares, ‘A gap in the corporate responsibility to respect human rights’, Monash University Law Review, vol. 36.3, pp. 33-83 (2010) Abstract Full text

R. Mares, ‘Global Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights, and the Law: An Interactive Regulatory Perspective on the Voluntary-Mandatory Dichotomy’, Transnational Legal Theory, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp. 221-285 (2010) Abstract

R. Mares, ‘The limits of supply chain responsibility – A critical analysis of CSR instruments’, Nordic Journal of International law, Volume 79, Number 2, pp. 193-244 (2010) Abstract Full text

R. Mares, ‘Voluntary Reporting: The Global Compact’, in International Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms: Essays in Honour of Jakob Th. Möller (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers/ Kluwer Law International, 2009) pp. 385-399 Abstract

R. Mares, ‘Some Elements in Knowledge Gaps on Business and Human Rights with Regard to a Future Research Agenda’, Nordic Journal of Human Rights (2008), Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 378-398 Abstract

R. Mares, ‘Defining the Limits of Corporate Responsibilities against the Concept of Legal Positive Obligations’, George Washington International Law Review, Vol. 40, No. 4, (2009) pp. 1157-1217 Abstract Full text

R. Mares, ‘Introduction’, in Business and Human Rights – A Compilation of Documents (Radu Mares ed.), Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (2004) pp. xv-xxx Abstract

R. Mares, ‘The Effects of CSR for the Protection of Human Rights’, Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights, vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 113 – 126 (2003) Abstract

 

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