Business, Human Rights and Environment

Module code: LAW7041-B

Module Aims       

This module is aimed and providing students with a critical understanding of the interrelationship between global business activities and the impacts of environment and human rights. Students will be exposed to the case studies in both developed and developing contexts, and the efficacy or otherwise of the accountability frameworks that currently exist at international, regional, transnational and national frameworks.

Outline Syllabus   

Overview of the environment, human rights and global business nexus
Issues, debates and developments in human rights, environment and international businesses
Theoretical discourses- emerging rights ?
International, regional and transnational accountability frameworks
Case studies

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