Building a Treaty on Business and Human Rights
Context and Contours

Table of Contents

Introduction: putting flesh on the bone: what should a business and human rights treaty look like? David Bilchitz
Part I. Need for an International Treaty in a Historical Context:
1. Lessons from the UN Centre on transnational corporations for the current treaty initiative Khalil Hamdani and Lorraine Ruffing
2. The value-added of a treaty to regulate transnational corporations and other business enterprises: moving forward strategically Penelope Simons
3. Coherence, mutual assurance the rationale for a treaty Sheldon Leader
Part II. Principles and Politics Shaping the Treaty's Contours:
4. Principle and pragmatism in the elaboration of a comprehensive treaty on business and human rights Larry Catá Backer
5. The need for a treaty: expectations on counter-hegemony and the role of civil society Daniel Maurício de Aragão and Manoela Carneiro Roland
6. Scope of the proposed business and human rights treaty: navigating through normativity, law and politics Surya Deva
Part III. Nature and Extent of Corporate Human Rights Obligations:
7. Corporate obligations and a treaty on business and human rights: a constitutional law model? David Bilchitz
8. Human rights, responsibilities, and due diligence: key issues for a treaty Robert McCorquodale and Lise Smit
9. Human rights and global supply chains: is effective supply chain accountability possible? Justine Nolan
10. Legalizing human rights due diligence and the separation of entities principle Radu Mares
Part IV. Role of States in Enforcing Human Rights Obligations:
11. Human rights legal liability for business enterprises: the role of an international treaty Carlos Lopez
12. Regulatory obligations in a complex world: States' extraterritorial obligations related to business and human rights Sigrun Skogly
13. The impact of a business and human rights treaty on investment law and arbitration Peter Muchlinski
Part V. Improving Access to Remedies for Victims:
14. Access to remedy: treaty talk and the terms of a new accountability accord Erika George and Lisa J. Laplante
15. Making remedies work: envisioning a treaty-based system of effective remedies Beth Stephens
16. The potential role of criminal law in a business and human rights treaty Shane Darcy
Conclusion: connecting the dots: how to capitalise on the current high tide for a business and human rights treaty Surya Deva.