Providing Remedy for Corporate Human Rights Abuses Committed Abroad: The Extraterritorial Dimension of Home States’ Obligation Under ICESCR

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International human rights law, as a system underpinned by the Westphalian paradigm, heavily relies on role of territorial States in protection rights. However, model that allocates obligations within and between suffers serious limitations regarding corporate abuses. Host States, whose territory abuse occurred, are often unwilling and/or unable to hold TNCs liable provide remedies for victims. This explains why home increasingly urged remove or reduce various barriers serve potential forum victims seek obtain remedy abuses committed abroad. whether should matter legal obligation under international law just domestic policy consideration remains contentious, particularly treaties containing jurisdictional clauses.1 Against this, article seeks highlight how States’ abroad corporations incorporated domiciled their respective territories is recognized practice Committee ICESCR.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Utrecht journal of international and European law

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['0927-460X']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ujiel.587