Business and human rights in Southeast Asia: Risk and the regulatory turn

• Main Authors: MOHAN, Mahdev, MOREL, Cynthia
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Commercial Law; Human Rights Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2290; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99318599902601&context=L&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=INK&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=INK&query=any,contains,Business%20and%20human%20rights%20in%20Southeast%20Asia:%20Risk%20and%20the%20regulatory%20turn&offset=0
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Business and human rights has emerged as a distinct field within the corporate governance movement. The endorsement by the United Nations Human Rights Council of a new set of Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights in 2011 reinforces the State’s duty to protect against human rights abuses b...