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Corporate responsibility and human rights: A way forward for climate litigation?
Chytil, David ; Žákovská, Karolina (advisor) ; Sobotka, Michal (referee)
Subject of this diploma thesis is the accountability of largest private green-house gas emitters, mainly fossil fuel corporations (so called "carbon majors") and in particular their relationship with human rights law. Strategic climate litigation is on a rise and private emitters are increasingly targeted by the litigants. While human rights are widely used in climate change litigation against governments and state authorities, their role in existing and potential climate lawsuits targeted at private parties remains uncertain. The goal of the thesis is to enlighten this topic analysing potential grounds for corporate climate liability and recent case-law. Firstly, impact of corporations on climate system (their "share" of GHG emissions) is presented in contrast to their peripheral role in the international climate governance and law. Climate change as a human rights issue is briefly examined in the second part focusing on human rights abuses of fossil fuel corporations, including "case studies" of human rights impacts of corporations Shell, Total and Texaco/Chevron in countries of the Global South. Third part deals with various sources of potential climate change liability of corporations and role human rights law might play. Concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility and Business and Human Rights...
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Human Rights Impact of Business Activities of Private Entities
Brodská, Jitka ; Scheu, Harald Christian (advisor) ; Tymofeyeva, Alla (referee)
Human Rights Impact of Business Activities of Private Entities ABSTRACT AND KEY WORDS Abstract: The thesis focuses on human rights impact of business activities of private entities. Within the UN context, it is the concept of "business and human rights" which addresses the issue. The thesis aims at depicting the current international legal framework relating to impact of business activities on human rights. The thesis examines the benefits of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the authoritative framework and the global standard of practice for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse impact of business activities on human rights. While the Guiding Principles do not constitute a legally binding document, they build on existing standards and include elements covered in international and domestic law. The three-pillar framework consists of the State duty to protect human rights, the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, the access to remedy for victims of business-related abuse. Almost seven years after their adoption, there are numerous examples of how these Guiding Principles have been integrated into the Governments' national action plans, policies and regulations, policies of international and regional organisations. The thesis describes few examples of national action...
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