Sökning: "United Nations Guiding Principles"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 23 uppsatser innehållade orden United Nations Guiding Principles.

1. 1. Pursuing Peace: Strategies Employed by INGOs to Foster Trust between Tamil and Sinhala Communities in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Författare :Perla Gabay; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Sinhala; Tamil; Strategy; Governmentality; Discourse; Foucault; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study was to examine how INGOs in Sri Lanka work to increase social capital and trust between two specific ethnic groups- the Tamils and Sinhala. The study uses a qualitative approach, where this dissertation draws on Michel Foucault’s Discourse Analysis with the concepts of power/knowledge and governmentality as central themes in the empirical data. LÄS MER

3. 2. Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: A study on sources of international business and human rights law, and stakeholder engagement in the context of the EU’s sustainability due diligence directive

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Författare :Aram Shokor Qasim; [2023]
   Nyckelord :public international law; law; soft law; hard law; CSDDD; sustainability; Law and Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : The European Council’s proposal for a corporate sustainability due diligence directive (the “Proposal”) aims to introduce obligations and respon-sibilities for some companies (“Company/Companies”) related to sustainability matters. Part of the reasons for the Proposal was the emergence of global value chains, which are prone to contain human rights violations. LÄS MER

4. 3. Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence - Harmony or Discrepancy : A parallel between international soft-law instruments and national legislation

   Magister-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Författare :Kristijan Panev; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Human rights due diligence;

   Sammanfattning : Human Rights Due Diligence is a key topic in the debates among human rights advocates and the business world. Its understanding varies from a standard ofexpected care to a process to manage business risks. LÄS MER

5. 4. Institutional Investors and Sustainability - An Analysis of Institutional Investors’ Legal Due Diligence Obligations

   Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Författare :Louise Bjerrek; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation; Human Rights Due Diligence; Institutional Investors; Greenwashing; Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; National Contact Point.; Law and Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : The European Union’s Sustainable Finance Agenda has launched several new actions in order to reorient capital flow of the financial market to sustainability objectives. One of these initiatives was to unify and harmonize the rules on marketing of sustainable aims of financial products. LÄS MER

7. 5. Corporate Tax Abuse on the Business and Human Rights Agenda

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Författare :Julia Persson; [2022]
   Nyckelord :International Human Rights Law; Business and Human Rights; Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; tax justice; tax and human rights; tax evasion; tax avoidance; aggressive tax planning; human rights due diligence; mandatory human rights due diligence; mänskliga rättigheter; företagande och mänskliga rättigheter; FN:s vägledande principer för företag och mänskliga rättigheter; Law and Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : Corporate tax evasion, tax avoidance, and aggressive tax planning undermine states’ ability to protect, respect and fulfill human rights since states are deprived of necessary resources to realize economic, social and cultural rights as well as civil and political rights. Corporate tax has previously been called the elephant in the room within the United Nations’ (‘UN’) framework of Business and Human Rights; however, now it is recognized as a key issue for the next decade. LÄS MER