Publications / Author: Radu Mares
“Respect” Human Rights : Concept and Convergence
The Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (‘GPs’) were unanimously endorsed in 2011 in the UN Human Rights Council and also recorded an unprecedented level of stakeholder support. Does this watershed signify a genuine convergence of expectations? Is the … Continue reading » ““Respect” Human Rights : Concept and Convergence”
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Corporate and State Responsibilities in Conflict-Affected Areas
Some of the emblematic cases of corporate-related infringements of human rights have appeared in unstable and violence-ridden zones, including armed conflict and other contexts with lower levels of conflict, internal disturbances, widespread violence and latent tensions. Businesses have been involved … Continue reading » “Corporate and State Responsibilities in Conflict-Affected Areas”
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Corporate responsibility and compliance with the law: land, dispossession and aftermath at Newmont’s Ahafo project in Ghana
An important part of responsible business practices is compliance with the law. This article details what actually happens when the laws of the host country fail to ensure adequate protection. The focus here is on land dispossession and loss of … Continue reading » “Corporate responsibility and compliance with the law: land, dispossession and aftermath at Newmont’s Ahafo project in Ghana”
Continue readingResponsibility to Respect: Why the Core Company Should Act When Affiliates Infringe Human Rights
This chapter discusses the treatment that Professor Ruggie’s Guiding Principles offer for the responsibility to respect human rights (RtR) as applied to core companies whose affiliates’ operations infringe human rights. The issue is about a core company’s responsibility to act … Continue reading » “Responsibility to Respect: Why the Core Company Should Act When Affiliates Infringe Human Rights”
Continue readingBusiness and Human Rights After Ruggie: Foundations, the Art of Simplification and the Imperative of Cumulative Progress
Prof. Ruggie’s work, with the ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework (2008) and Guiding Principles (2011) as its peak, is multilayered and comprehensive. Instead of a dry, tedious description this introductory chapter will give the floor often to the SRSG: readers … Continue reading » “Business and Human Rights After Ruggie: Foundations, the Art of Simplification and the Imperative of Cumulative Progress”
Continue readingFrom charity to institutional development: Reflections on Newmont’s CSR strategies and conflict-avoidance in Ghana
In 2003 Newmont has signed an investment agreement with the government of Ghana that resulted in the inauguration in 2006 of the large, gold-producing project at Ahafo. The challenge for Newmont has been to resolve the initial conflict resulting from … Continue reading » “From charity to institutional development: Reflections on Newmont’s CSR strategies and conflict-avoidance in Ghana”
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The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
The issue of corporate responsibilities has had a tumultuous history at the United Nations. When the Human Rights Council unanimously endorsed John Ruggie’s Guiding Principles in June 2011, it was the first time that the UN stated authoritatively its expectations … Continue reading » “The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”
Continue readingA gap in the corporate responsibility to respect human rights
In 2008, Professor John Ruggie, the UN Special Representative for business and human rights, presented his ‘Protect, Respect, Remedy’ Framework to the Human Rights Council. It was well received and his mandate was renewed for another three years. Corporate responsibility … Continue reading » “A gap in the corporate responsibility to respect human rights”
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