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Tort Law and Human Rights: Brothers in Arms On the Role of Tort Law in the Area of Business and Human Rights
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Business LawInternational CooperationEnvironmental LawTort LawInternational RegulationLawCivil LibertyLegal TheorySupply ChainTransnational NetworkInternational ManagementPublic PolicyEmployment LawHuman RightsCorporate Social ResponsibilityLegal PhilosophyHuman Rights LawGlobalizationBusinessInternational OrganizationHuman Rights ViolationsTransnational CorporationsSocial Responsibility
Over the past decades, transnational corporations (TNCs) have come under increasing public scrutiny for their involvement in human rights violations, particularly in developing countries. One may think of child and slave labour in the supply chain, cooperation with violent or corrupt regimes, and grand scale environmental pollution.