Transnational Corporations : Major Players in Human Rights Violations

Critical Report n° 10 Issue: Business and Human Rights Part of a series of the Human Rights Programme Europe - Third World Centre Rue J. -C. Amat 6 CH - 1202 Geneva Tel. : +41 (0)22 731 59 63 - Fax: +41 (0)22 731 91 52 Email: contact@cetim. ch -... More

Critical Report n° 10 Issue: Business and Human Rights Part of a series of the Human Rights Programme Europe - Third World Centre Rue J. -C. Amat 6 CH - 1202 Geneva Tel. : +41 (0)22 731 59 63 - Fax: +41 (0)22 731 91 52 Email: contact@cetim. ch - Website: www. cetim. ch December 2011 URL: http://cetim. ch/en/publications_cahiers. php TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS MAJOR PLAYERS IN HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS by Alejandro Teitelbaum Graduate in international economic relations, Institute for the Study of Economic and Social Development of the University of Paris I, lawyer, National University of Buenos Aires and Melik Özden Director of the CETIM Human Rights Programme and Permanent representative to the U. N. INTRODUCTION The crucial role played by transnational corporations (TNCs) on a planetary scale has been a point of focus for researchers and human rights militants for many years. In a recent publication, one of authors of this critical report summarized t Less