State-Owned Entities and Human Rights

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-83287-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 649 g

The monograph focuses on the human rights challenges that are associated with the involvement of States in economic activities and on the role that international law has to play in addressing and understanding some of those challenges. State-owned entities are looked at through the lens of several topics of international law that have been found to hold particular relevance in this context, such as the concept of legal personality in international law, the process of normativity in international law, State immunity and State responsibility. The monograph shows how SOEs have had a significant role in shaping the evolution of international law and how, in turn, international law is currently shaping the evolution of State-owned entities. By focusing on State-owned or State-controlled business entities, rather than private corporations, the monograph aims to offer an alternative perspective on the challenges associated with corporations and human rights.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barnes, Mihaela Maria

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to the human rights dimension of state corporate ownership; 2. State-owned entities as a sui generis 'participant' in international law; 3. State-owned entities and norm development in international law: international, regional and domestic approaches to regulation; 4. Fundamental change in international law: state immunity and state-owned entities; 5. The continued relevance of general international law: state responsibility and state-owned entities; 6. Concluding remarks.

Über Autor(innen)

Barnes, Mihaela Maria
Mihaela Maria Barnes earned her Ph.D. in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. She also holds an LL.M. in International and European Law (specializing in International Trade and Investment Law) from the University of Amsterdam as well as undergraduate degrees, legal qualifications and experience in both common law and civil law. Dr. Barnes is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge and a member of the Coordinating Committee of the European Society of International Law Interest Group on Business and Human Rights. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals on various topics of international law.