Business and Human Rights Journal

2016 - 2025

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Volume 10, issue 1, 2025

Towards a Human Rights-based Approach to Energy Transition in Africa pp. 11-33

Oyeniyi Abe

Just Energy Transition in Africa: Towards Social Inclusion and Environmental Rights-Based Imperatives pp. 34-55

Godswill A. Agbaitoro and Eghosa O. Ekhator

Towards a Feminist Energy Justice Framework pp. 56-78

Nora Götzmann and Mathilde Dicalou

Procedural Justice and Due Process Principle in the Context of Just Energy Transition: Learning From South Africa pp. 79-97

Begüm Kilimcioğlu

International Investment Agreements, Human Rights, and the Path to Net-Zero: What Role for Corporate Codes? pp. 98-121

Susan L. Karamanian

Corporate Responsibility and Deep Seabed Mining: The Limits of Due Diligence pp. 122-146

Chiara Macchi

Indigenous Peoples, Business, and the Struggles for Justice in the Green Transition: Towards a Rights-Based Approach to Just Transitions pp. 147-171

Dorothée Cambou and Karin Buhmann

China’s Solar Dominance: Worker Rights in the Pursuit of a Just Transition pp. 172-195

Oana Burcu and Bethany Jackson

What Are the Success Factors for a Just Transition in Critical Mineral Extraction? Analysis From the Lithium Triangle pp. 196-226

Andy Symington

Human Rights, Social Resistance and Mining Firm Behaviour in Latin America pp. 227-248

Mark Aspinwall

Mapping Human Rights Violations Connected to Renewable Energy Development in India: A Case Study of the ‘Oran Land’ at Thar Desert and Energy Transition pp. 249-259

Saksham Misra and Godswill Agbaitoro

Litigating Climate Justice in Renewable Energy Projects: Reflections from Unión Hidalgo v EDF pp. 260-266

Chloé Bailey and Cannelle Lavite

The Norwegian Transparency Act, Renewable Energy and Extractive Industries: Towards a Just Transition for the Indigenous Sámi People pp. 267-273

Chiara Morfea

The Rights of Indigenous Peoples Towards a Just Energy Transition: The Dutch Approach to Mandatory Corporate Due Diligence pp. 274-280

Stephanie Bijlmakers and Nicola Jägers

Volume 9, issue 3, 2024

On the Right to Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Ethical Safeguards in Algorithmic Human Resource Management pp. 346-360

Marianna Capasso, Payal Arora, Deepshikha Sharma and Celeste Tacconi

Exploitation, Human Rights and Corporate Obligations pp. 361-380

Brian Berkey

Norm Contestation in the BHR Field—The Role of Corporate Actors as Entrepreneurs, Antipreneurs, and Saboteurs pp. 381-401

Akinwumi Ogunranti

Reparations for Corporate Involvement in War Crimes: The Lundin Trial and Prospects for Victims’ Justice pp. 402-424

Fanny Holm

Fundamental Rights and the Legal Obligations of Business, by David Bilchitz (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), 499 pp pp. 425-428

David Hughes

Corporate Liability and International Criminal Law, by Alessandra De Tommaso (London: Routledge, 2024) pp. 429-431

Annika van Baar

Teaching Business and Human Rights, by Anthony Ewing (ed.), (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023) pp. 432-435

Berit S Knaak and Justin J Poonjatt

Volume 9, issue 2, 2024

Sweatshops and Labour Law: The Ethical and Legal Implications of Ignoring Labour Law in Developing Countries pp. 201-220

Peter Muchlinski and Denis G Arnold

Investor Obligations: Transformative and Regressive Impacts of the Business and Human Rights Framework pp. 221-249

Klara Polackova Van der Ploeg

Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence (mHRDD) Laws Caught Between Rituals and Ritualism: The Forms and Limits of Business Authority in the Global Governance of Business and Human Rights pp. 250-269

Caroline Omari Lichuma

‘Local Communities’ and the Development Conundrum: Where International Investment Law Meets Human Rights and Businesses pp. 270-293

Leïla Choukroune and Lorenzo Cotula

The EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD): The Final Political Compromise pp. 294-300

Nicolas Bueno, Nadia Bernaz, Gabrielle Holly and Olga Martin-Ortega

Fossil Fuel Industry Divestment and the Energy Transition: Lessons and Red Flags from Shell and the Niger Delta pp. 301-307

Audrey Gaughran and Joseph Wilde-Ramsing

The Blood Cobalt Narrative: Addressing Human Rights Concerns or Scaremongering? pp. 308-314

Emmanuel Umpula and Mark Dummett

Companies Operating in Conflict-Affected Environments Without Impacting the Conflict: Between Regular and Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence pp. 315-320

Daria Nagaivska and Olena Uvarova

Economic Diplomacy and Home State Responsibility for Human Rights Abuses Involving Extractive Industries Abroad: The Case of Canada pp. 321-327

David Szablowski

The Experience of Multistakeholder Dialogue in the Process of Elaboration of the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights in Peru pp. 328-333

Federico Chunga Fiestas

Striving for a Rapid Transition: How Companies are Approaching Integrating Respect for Human Rights in Their Climate Action pp. 334-340

Sophia Aspesi Areias

Review of Business and Human Rights: Ethical, Legal, and Managerial Perspectives, Florian Wettstein. (Reviewed by Michelle Westermann-Behaylo) pp. 341-342

Michelle Westermann-Behaylo

Ingrid Landau, Human Rights Due Diligence and Labour Governance, Oxford University Press, 2023 pp. 343-345

Sang Soo Lee

Volume 9, issue 1, 2024

Business and Human Rights in Central and Eastern Europe: Constitutional Law as a Driver for the International Human Rights Law pp. 15-31

Łukasz Szoszkiewicz

Corporate Human Rights Responsibility in Illiberal Regimes: The Example of the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis in Hungary pp. 32-53

Andras L. Pap, Nóra Chronowski and Zoltán Nemessányi

Conditionalities in International Organization Accession Processes: Spreading Business and Human Rights Norms in Central and Eastern Europe? pp. 54-76

Ian Higham

Private Military and Security Companies as a Legacy of War: Lessons Learned From the Former Yugoslavia pp. 77-102

Jelena Aparac

Business and Human Rights in Russia: Emerging or Merging? pp. 103-128

Michael Rogerson

Creating an Effective Mediation Scheme for Business-Related Human Rights Abuses: The Case of Ukraine pp. 129-149

Nataliia Mazaraki and Tetiana Tsuvina

BHR Agenda and Authoritarian Regimes: The Case of Political and Human Rights Crisis in Belarus Since 2020 pp. 150-156

Ekaterina Deikalo

Human Rights-Compatible International Investment Agreements: A Voice From Central & Eastern Europe and Central Asia pp. 157-162

Filip Balcerzak and Stanisław Drozd

Evaluating the Polish NAPs: Lessons for the Future Implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights pp. 163-168

Marcin Kilanowski

Ukrainian Business and Human Rights Strategy: A Breakthrough Delayed pp. 169-175

Ihor Konopka

CSOs’ Perception of Corporate Activism on the LGBT+ Community in Poland pp. 176-182

Agata Rudnicka and Janusz Reichel

Barriers to Access to Justice in North Macedonia for Violations of Human Rights in the Context of Air Pollution pp. 183-189

Ana Dangova Hug

Seeking Justice. Access to Remedy for Corporate Human Rights Abuse, by Tricia D. Olsen (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023) pp. 190-192

Jordi Vives-Gabriel

Multinational Enterprises and the Law By Peter Muchlinski (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021, third edition, with a contribution from Ebbe Rogge), 912 pp pp. 193-196

Beate Sjåfjell

Business and Human Rights Law and Practice in Africa, Damilola Olawuyi and Oyeniyi Abe (eds) (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022) pp. 197-200

Wangui Kimotho and Kebene Wodajo

Volume 8, issue 3, 2023

Vulnerability Theory as a Paradigm Shift in International Investment Law: Reimagining the Role of the State pp. 309-328

Aysel Küçüksu and Güneş Ünüvar

The UNGPs and ISDS: Should Businesses Assess the Human Rights Impacts of Investor–State Arbitration? pp. 329-351

Stephanie Triefus

Leveraging Human Rights Due Diligence in Corporate-State Procurement: The Exemplar of the Pfizer-Israeli COVID-19 Vaccination Program pp. 352-368

Joel Slawotsky

Gender-Transformative Remedies for Women Human Rights Defenders pp. 369-402

Aleydis Nissen

Confronting Challenges to Substantive Remedy for Victims: Opportunities for OECD National Contact Points under a Due Diligence Regime Involving Civil Liability pp. 403-426

Karin Buhmann

The 2023 Update of the OECD Guidelines sets Stronger Standards for Companies but Weak Expectations for Governments – High and Lowlights from the New Text pp. 427-433

Marian G. Ingrams

Downstream Human Rights Due Diligence: Informing Debate Through Insights from Business Practice pp. 434-440

Benn F. Hogan and Joanna Reyes

Defending the Rights of Local Communities against Box-Ticking Exercises: An Analysis of Sustaining the Wild Coast NPC v Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy pp. 441-447

Claire Rankin

Lessons from the ANZ-Phnom Penh Sugar Case for the OECD National Contact Point System of Corporate Accountability pp. 448-453

Natalie Bugalski and David Pred

Corporate Social Irresponsibility, an Elastic Wall, and a Fragile State: Sign of Hope’s Unfinished Quest to Mitigate Human Rights Violations in South Sudan pp. 454-460

Daniel Kinderman, Klaus Stieglitz and Laure Almairac

Chaos in the Sporting World over Russia’s War of Aggression: Political Neutrality in Light of Human Rights Protection pp. 461-467

Patricia Wiater

Kinnari I. Bhatt, Concessionaries, Financiers and Communities. Implementing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Land in Transnational Development Projects (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2020) pp. 468-470

Judith Schönsteiner

Gabriel Webber Ziero, Business, Compliance and Human Rights Law. The Effectiveness of Transnational Private Regulations for Vulnerable Stakeholders (New York: Routledge, 2022), 248 pp. ISBN: 9781032026633 pp. 471-473

David Monciardini

Miriam Saage-Maaß, Peer Zumbansen, Michael Bader and Palvasha Shahab (editors), Transnational Legal Activism in Global Value Chains: Ali Enterprises Factory Fire and the Struggle for Justice (Springer, 2021), 333 pp pp. 474-476

Muhammad Asif Khan

Rethinking Global Value Chains and Corporate Social Responsibility by Peter Lund-Thomsen (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022). ISBN 978 1 83910 208 0 pp. 477-479

Lara Bianchi

Human Rights: A Key Idea for Business and Society by Karin Buhmann (Routledge, London, 2021). ISBN 9780367520540 pp. 480-482

Frank de Bakker

Volume 8, issue 2, 2023

Business and Human Rights in a Changing World Order: Beyond the Ethics of Disembedded Liberalism pp. 135-150

David Jason Karp

Beyond Climate Due Diligence: Fossil Fuels, ‘Red Lines’ and Reparations pp. 151-179

Julia Dehm

Corporate Law’s Threat to Human Rights: Why Human Rights Due Diligence Might Not Be Enough pp. 180-196

Barnali Choudhury

Beyond Buzzwords: Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence and a Rights-Based Approach to Business Models pp. 197-212

Marianna Leite

Human Rights Due Diligence by Corporate Creditors in Sovereign Debt Restructurings – A Great Missing Link pp. 213-236

Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Francisco Cantamutto and Lucas Castiglioni

Access to Remedies and Reparations: From Brazilian Practice to International Binding Standards pp. 237-243

Thales Cavalcanti Coelho

Emerging Regulations on Content Moderation and Misinformation Policies of Online Media Platforms: Accommodating the Duty of Care into Intermediary Liability Models pp. 244-251

Caio C. V. Machado and Thaís Helena Aguiar

A Fast and Fair Energy Transition: How Community Legal Action and New Legislation are Shaping the Global Shift to Renewable Energy pp. 252-258

Elodie Aba

Protecting Reproductive Rights Post-Roe: Can Companies Keep Your Data Safe? pp. 259-264

Meagan Barrera and Danny Rayman Labrin

Automotive Supply Chain Links to the Uyghur Genocide: Reversing a Growing Crisis pp. 265-270

Kendyl Salcito

In the Wake of Bonsucro: Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives and Third-Party Certifiers at the Test Bench of OECD National Contact Points pp. 271-276

Elena Corcione

The Catalan Centre for Business and Human Rights: Addressing Extraterritorial Corporate Human Rights Abuses at the Subnational Level pp. 277-283

Daniel Iglesias Márquez

Mind the Governance Gaps: Harmful Corporate Strategies Leading to Avoidance of Responsibility and Civil Society Counter-Strategies pp. 284-291

Katharine Booth

‘From Nuremberg to Kabuga’ - Corporations, Accountability and International Criminal Law: Industry and Atrocity, Joanna Kyriakakis (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021) pp. 292-294

Jonathan Kolieb

Power, Participation, and Private Regulatory Initiatives: Human Rights Under Supply Chain Capitalism (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021) Edited by Daniel Brinks, Julia Dehm, Karen Engle and Kate Taylor pp. 295-297

Chris Okafor and David Birchall

Anna Aseeva, From Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Social Liability: A Socio‑Legal Study of Corporate Liability in Global Value Chains (Oxford: Hart, 2021), 244 pp pp. 298-300

Marisa McVey

Mihaela Maria Barnes, State-Owned Entities and Human Rights. The Role of International Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022) pp. 301-303

Olena Uvarova

Chiara Macchi, Business, Human Rights and the Environment: The Evolving Agenda (The Netherlands: TMC Asser Press, 2022), 201 pp pp. 304-307

Liliana Lizarazo-Rodríguez

Volume 8, issue 1, 2023

Muddying the Waters: The Concept of a ‘Safe Harbour’ in Understanding Human Rights Due Diligence pp. 1-17

Lise Smit, Claire Bright and Stuart Neely

Decentring Narratives around Business and Human Rights Instruments: An Example of the French Devoir de Vigilance Law pp. 18-42

Debadatta Bose

Grievance Mechanisms in Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives: Providing Effective Remedy for Human Rights Violations? pp. 43-65

James Harrison and Mark Wielga

Localizing the UNGPs – An Afrocentric Approach to Interpreting Pillar II pp. 66-84

Akinwumi Ogunranti

Awareness, Analysis and Action: A Rights Holder Perspective on Building the Fair Food Movement and the Way Forward for Worker-Driven Social Responsibility pp. 85-89

Gerardo Reyes Chavez

Business Impacts on Economic Inequality: An Agenda for Defining Related Human Rights Impacts and Economic Inequality Due Diligence pp. 90-96

Daniel Litwin

The Modernization of the Energy Charter Treaty: Fulfilled or Broken Promises? pp. 97-102

Bart-Jaap Verbeek

Whistleblowers as Defenders of Human Rights: The Whistleblower Protection Act in Japan pp. 103-109

Masaki Iwasaki

Human Rights Violations Connected with Deforestation – Emerging and Diverging Approaches to Human Rights Due Diligence pp. 110-114

Anouska Perram and Norman Jiwan

Remedy and Accountability a Decade after the Marikana Massacre pp. 115-119

Jordi Vives-Gabriel and Hugo van der Merwe

Incorporating Rights: Strategies to Advance Corporate Accountability, Erika George (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021) pp. 120-122

Tim Bartley

Human Rights Litigation against Multinationals in Practice, Richard Meeran and Jahan Meeran (eds.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021) pp. 123-126

Björn Fasterling

Pinochet’s Economic Accomplices: An Unequal Country by Force, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Karinna Fernández and Sebastián Smart (eds.) (Lexington Books, 2020) - Transitional Justice and Corporate Accountability from Below: Deploying Archimedes’ Lever, Leigh A. Payne, Gabriel Pereira and Laura Bernal-Bermúdez (Cambridge University Press, 2020) - Business, Human Rights and Transitional Justice, Irene Pietropaoli (Routledge, 2020) pp. 127-131

Nicolás Carrillo-Santarelli