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Jones v. United Kingdom: The European Court of Human Rights Restricts Individual Accountability for Torture 琼斯诉英国:欧洲人权法院限制个人对酷刑的问责
IF 0.6 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2014-08-19 DOI: 10.5334/UJIEL.CN
Cedric Ryngaert
In Jones and others v. United Kingdom (2014), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that granting immunity from jurisdiction to State officials in civil proceedings with respect to torture was not a violation of Article 6 ECHR. This is an unfortunate decision, as its application will often result in an accountability vacuum, as victims of torture may not have reasonable access to remedies in the State where they were tortured. Only bystander States, or their State of nationality could then offer relief by offering a forum. A proper avenue for such States is to make the exercise of jurisdiction and the conferral of immunity dependent on whether or not the territorial State offers an adequate forum for dispute-settlement. By further developing these principles, the notion that, under international law, persons are individually accountable for international crimes and should not be allowed to hide behind the State on whose behalf they act, could be finally realised.
在Jones等人诉联合王国案(2014年)中,欧洲人权法院裁定,在涉及酷刑的民事诉讼中给予国家官员管辖豁免并不违反《欧洲人权公约》第6条。这是一个不幸的决定,因为它的适用往往会导致问责真空,因为酷刑受害者可能无法在遭受酷刑的国家获得合理的补救办法。只有旁观国家或其国籍国才能通过提供论坛来提供救济。这类国家的一个适当途径是,将管辖权的行使和豁免的授予取决于领土国是否为解决争端提供了适当的论坛。通过进一步发展这些原则,就可以最终实现这样一种观念,即根据国际法,个人对国际罪行负有个人责任,不应被允许躲在他们所代表的国家背后。
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引用次数: 2
The Legal Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility: Interview with Ursula Wynhoven 企业社会责任的法律层面:访谈厄休拉·温霍文
IF 0.6 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2014-02-28 DOI: 10.5334/UJIEL.CH
Benjamin Thompson, Erica Teeuwen, Ilina Georgieva
The Global Compact (UNGC) represents the world’s largest corporate citizenship initiative today. Created under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) to encourage companies around the world to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, the UNGC brings together businesses, UN agencies and labour groups in search of compromises.  In a phone interview with the Journal’s team, Ursula Wynhoven, General Counsel and Head of the UN Global Compact, shared her views on current issues and challenges of the field.  Before joining the UN, she was engaged with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on the development of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs). Ursula Wynhoven has also worked as a lawyer in governmental human rights agencies and private practices in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, and is an adjunct professor at the University of Reykjavik’s School of Law in human rights and business.
全球契约(UNGC)代表了当今世界上最大的企业公民倡议。UNGC是在联合国(UN)的主持下成立的,旨在鼓励世界各地的公司采取可持续和对社会负责的政策,它将企业、联合国机构和劳工团体聚集在一起,寻求妥协。在接受《华尔街日报》团队的电话采访时,联合国全球契约总法律顾问兼负责人乌苏拉·温霍文(Ursula Wynhoven)分享了她对该领域当前问题和挑战的看法。在加入联合国之前,她曾在经济合作与发展组织(OECD)参与制定OECD跨国企业准则。厄休拉·温霍文还曾在英国、美国和澳大利亚的政府人权机构和私人事务所担任律师,同时也是雷克雅未克大学法学院人权和商业专业的兼职教授。
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引用次数: 2
Legal Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility 企业社会责任的法律层面
IF 0.6 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2014-02-28 DOI: 10.5334/UJIEL.BZ
T. Lambooy
Editorial: "We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a time when humanity must choose its future. As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and great promise. To move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny." -Preamble of the Earth Charter
社论:“我们正处于地球历史的关键时刻,人类必须选择自己的未来。随着世界变得越来越相互依存和脆弱,未来既有巨大的危险,也有巨大的希望。为了向前迈进,我们必须认识到,在文化和生活方式的巨大多样性中,我们是一个拥有共同命运的人类大家庭和地球共同体。”-《地球宪章》序言
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引用次数: 21
Corporate Social Responsibility of Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries: Perspectives on Anti-Corruption 发展中国家跨国公司的企业社会责任:反腐败视角
IF 0.6 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2014-02-28 DOI: 10.5334/UJIEL.CG
R. Ako
Book Review of: Corporate Social Responsibility of Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries: Perspectives on Anti-Corruption, Adefolake O. Adeyeye, Cambridge University Press.
《发展中国家跨国公司的企业社会责任:反腐败视角》,阿德福莱克·阿德耶耶著,剑桥大学出版社。
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引用次数: 10
Was Kiobel Detrimental to Corporate Social Responsibility? Applying Lessons Learnt from American Exceptionalism Kiobel对企业社会责任有害吗?运用美国例外论的经验教训
IF 0.6 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2014-02-28 DOI: 10.5334/UJIEL.CE
Benjamin Thompson
The recent decision in the US Supreme Court Kiobel case applied the presumption against extraterritoriality towards the Alien Tort Statute, decreasing the potential scope of tort actions that can be made against corporations for severe human rights violations. In light of the growing influence of multinational corporations and the lack of any international law regime to regulate corporate wrongdoing, this decision might be seen as a blow against one of the few potential avenues for justice for those victims of corporate human rights violations.  The Alien Tort Statute is not a jurisdictional statute that allows for claims under international law but is rather a uniquely American cause of action unconnected to international law. The question remains whether an extension of American law to provide remedies for severe corporate human rights abuses can be justified in the absence of any such remedies existent in international law.  This article will attempt to answer this question applying criteria developed by leading scholars in response to American exceptionalism. It will argue that the Kiobel decision, rather than being detrimental to holding corporations accountable, actually addresses many of the negative aspects of extraterritorial litigation whilst preserving some possibility of remedy for victims of severe human rights violations by corporations.
最近,美国最高法院在Kiobel案中对《外国侵权法》适用了反对治外法权的推定,减少了对严重侵犯人权的公司提起侵权诉讼的潜在范围。鉴于跨国公司的影响日益扩大,而且缺乏任何管制公司不法行为的国际法制度,这一决定可能被视为对为数不多的可能为公司侵犯人权行为的受害者伸张正义的途径之一的打击。《外国人侵权法》并不是一部允许根据国际法提出索赔的管辖权法规,而是一种与国际法无关的独特的美国诉因。问题仍然是,在国际法中不存在任何此类补救措施的情况下,是否有理由扩大美国法律,为严重的公司侵犯人权行为提供补救措施。本文将尝试运用一些著名学者针对美国例外论所制定的标准来回答这个问题。它将争辩说,Kiobel案的决定不仅不利于追究公司的责任,而且实际上解决了域外诉讼的许多消极方面,同时为公司严重侵犯人权的受害者保留了一些补救的可能性。
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引用次数: 2
The Liability of European States for Climate Change 欧洲国家对气候变化的责任
IF 0.6 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2014-02-28 DOI: 10.5334/UJIEL.CI
R. Cox
According to climate science and the 195 signatory States to the UN Climate Convention, every emission of anthropogenic greenhouse gases contributes to climate change. Furthermore, they hold that a two degree Celsius rise of Earth’s average temperature is to be considered as a dangerous climate change to mankind and all of the world’s ecosystems. Using the climate proceedings of Dutch citizens against the Dutch state as a starting point, the author of this case note explains why each European Member State’s contribution to dangerous climate change as a result of inadequate emission reduction policies constitutes a tort of negligence against its citizens and poses a real threat for its citizens’ effective enjoyment of human rights. The author argues that this makes individual European Nations severally liable for dangerous climate change and gives European citizens and non-governmental organisations the possibility to request their Nation State’s competent court to compel the Nation’s government to implement stricter emission reductions in accordance with what is deemed necessary to help avoid dangerous climate change and to protect their human rights.
根据气候科学和《联合国气候公约》195个签署国的研究,每一次人为温室气体的排放都会导致气候变化。此外,他们认为,地球平均温度上升2摄氏度将被视为对人类和世界所有生态系统危险的气候变化。本案例说明的作者以荷兰公民对荷兰国家的气候诉讼为出发点,解释了为什么每个欧洲成员国由于减排政策不充分而导致危险的气候变化,构成对其公民的过失侵权行为,并对其公民有效享受人权构成真正威胁。作者认为,这使得单个欧洲国家对危险的气候变化承担连带责任,并使欧洲公民和非政府组织有可能要求其国家的主管法院迫使国家政府根据被认为有助于避免危险的气候变化和保护其人权的必要措施实施更严格的减排。
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引用次数: 15
International Obligations, State Responsibility and Judicial Review Under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Regime 经合组织跨国企业制度准则下的国际义务、国家责任和司法审查
IF 0.6 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2014-02-28 DOI: 10.5334/UJIEL.CD
S. Robinson
The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises were viewed at their genesis as political commitments not legally binding on states and only voluntary for corporations. Due to the OECD Council Decision on the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in 2000/2011, however, OECD Member States are compelled to implement this regime by the establishment and operation of a National Contact Point (NCP) as a state-based, non-judicial, dispute resolution mechanism to handle complaints concerning corporations operating from or within their respective jurisdictions.  This paper does not analyse weaknesses in the often-troubled NCP system nor does it propose reforms. Rather, it examines the current system from the legal perspective of OECD Member States and explores the relatively ignored extent of their obligations under it. This paper posits that on account of the Council Decision, treaty-derived, international obligations are in fact imposed on OECD Member States under the NCP system and that NCP maladministration can lead to state responsibility at international law. In any event, however, it seems clear that there does not exist any review mechanism—domestically or internationally—capable of attributing internationally wrongful conduct to an OECD Member State on account of its NCP.
经合组织《跨国企业准则》最初被视为对国家没有法律约束力的政治承诺,只是企业的自愿承诺。然而,由于经合组织理事会2000/2011年关于跨国企业指导方针的决定,经合组织成员国被迫通过建立和运作国家联络点(NCP)来实施这一制度,作为一种基于国家的、非司法的争端解决机制,以处理有关在各自管辖范围内或在其管辖范围内运营的公司的投诉。本文没有分析经常陷入困境的全国大会党制度的弱点,也没有提出改革建议。相反,它从经合发组织成员国的法律角度审查了现行制度,并探讨了它们在该制度下的义务相对被忽视的程度。本文认为,由于理事会的决定,条约衍生的国际义务实际上是在NCP制度下强加给经合组织成员国的,而NCP管理不善可能导致国家在国际法上承担责任。然而,无论如何,似乎显然不存在任何审查机制- -国内或国际- -能够将国际不法行为归咎于经合发组织成员国的国家犯罪行为。
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引用次数: 13
Competing Transnational Regimes under WTO Law WTO法律下的跨国竞争制度
IF 0.6 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2014-02-28 DOI: 10.5334/UJIEL.CC
C. Glinski
Against a common perception of CSR being a business concept without binding legal effect, this article discusses legitimate legal effects of private standards in public international law, using the issue of private labels as “international standards” under WTO law. WTO law shows certain openness for external transnational standards. This article argues that the references to “international standards” in the TBT Agreement can be applied for the selection between competing public or private norms that claim relevance. Thereby, the most legitimate standard for governing the problem at issue should be chosen. This is exemplified with the case of Tuna Dolphin II where the Appellate Body has emphasised the requirement of procedural legitimacy. The article argues that the requirements for legitimate standards depend on the interests at stake and that a private standard can well be more legitimate than a (competing) public standard. As the justifying effect of Article 2.5 TBT mainly interferes with economic interests, a relevant “international standard” may well consist of a representative business standard, e.g. a private label. In contrast, an international standard in the terms of Article 2.4 TBT which interferes with a democratic decision in favour of public interests such as environmental protection must reflect these public interests in a legitimate way. The article concludes that CSR can play an important role in defining legally valid justifying or minimum standards in public international law.
针对企业社会责任是一种没有法律约束力的商业概念的普遍看法,本文以WTO法律下的自有标签问题作为“国际标准”,探讨了国际公法中私法标准的合法法律效力。WTO法律对外部跨国标准表现出一定的开放性。本文认为,TBT协定中提及的“国际标准”可用于在声称相关的竞争性公共或私人规范之间进行选择。因此,应该选择最合理的标准来管理所讨论的问题。金枪鱼海豚案II就是一个例子,上诉机构强调程序合法性的要求。文章认为,对合法标准的要求取决于利害攸关的利益,并且私人标准很可能比(竞争的)公共标准更合法。由于第2.5条技术性贸易壁垒的正当性作用主要是干涉经济利益,相关的“国际标准”很可能由具有代表性的商业标准组成,例如自有品牌。相比之下,根据第2.4条的规定,如果国际标准干涉有利于环境保护等公共利益的民主决定,则必须以合法的方式反映这些公共利益。文章认为,企业社会责任可以在确定国际公法的合法正当理由或最低标准方面发挥重要作用。
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Sexual Orientation, Human Rights, and Corporate Sponsorship of the Sochi Olympic Games: Rethinking the Voluntary Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility 性取向、人权和索契冬奥会的企业赞助:重新思考企业社会责任的自愿方式
IF 0.6 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2014-02-28 DOI: 10.5334/UJIEL.CF
Jeffrey A. Van Detta
Multi-national enterprises (MNEs) have provided substantial sponsorship for the Sochi Winter Olympic Games despite a host-country government that has recently enacted stunningly harsh legislation aimed at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) communities within Russia. This is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) problem. Should Europe address it through voluntary corporate compliance, Europe’s historically preferred mode of promoting CSR? Or should Europe reconsider whether it can more effectively promote CSR compliance legislatively – and if so, by what kind of legislation? To honor the explicit and increased protections of human rights against sexual orientation discrimination in the Treaty of Amsterdam and the Charter of Fundamental Human Rights, more than voluntary, good intentions are needed. Particularly since the United States has effectively bowed out of enforcing CSR through the American federal courts, there now exists a regulatory lacuna that the European Commission is best situated to fill through the precision offered by judicious rulemaking. The article ultimately proposes an approach that combines the public-pressure engine that fuels voluntary CSR with public disclosures mandated by law to optimize the information and mobilization of public opinion and pressure – factors particularly noteworthy given the powerful “branding” benefits that MNEs seek through Olympic sponsorship.
尽管主办国政府最近颁布了针对俄罗斯境内女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、变性人和双性人(LGBTI)群体的极其严厉的法律,但跨国企业仍为索契冬奥会提供了大量赞助。这是一个企业社会责任(CSR)问题。欧洲是否应该通过企业自愿遵守来解决这个问题,这是欧洲历来首选的促进企业社会责任的模式?或者,欧洲是否应该重新考虑是否可以通过立法更有效地促进企业社会责任合规——如果可以,应该通过什么样的立法?为了履行《阿姆斯特丹条约》和《基本人权宪章》对人权免受性取向歧视的明确和加强的保护,需要的不仅仅是自愿的良好意愿。特别是由于美国已经有效地退出了通过美国联邦法院执行CSR,现在存在一个监管空白,欧盟委员会最适合通过明智的规则制定提供的准确性来填补这一空白。文章最终提出了一种方法,将推动自愿企业社会责任的公众压力引擎与法律规定的公开披露相结合,以优化信息和动员公众舆论和压力——考虑到跨国公司通过奥运赞助寻求强大的“品牌”效益,这些因素尤其值得注意。
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The Dutch Political Reformed Party (SGP) and Passive Female Suffrage: A Comparison of Three High Court Judgments From the Viewpoint of Democratic Theory 荷兰政治改革党(SGP)与女性被动选举权:从民主理论的角度比较三个高等法院的判决
IF 0.6 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2013-07-24 DOI: 10.5334/UJIEL.BU
J. D. Brink, H. T. Napel
Traditionally, in the Netherlands the idea was that political parties were essentially private associations in whose internal affairs the state ought not to interfere. However, the case of the Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij (Political Reformed Party, hereafter, SGP) has led to a political and public debate on whether this view can be maintained. This article examines the case of the SGP, particularly from the viewpoint of democratic theory. It eventually concludes that party regulation does not need to remain a taboo topic forever, even in the Netherlands, although with the SGP having recently changed its own constitution it may take a while until further provisions will be introduced. Care should be taken, however, that it does not lead to unnecessary infringements on the constitutional freedoms of minorities such as the SGP and its followers. After all, what is the point in pursuing non-discriminatory policies that are themselves discriminatory?
传统上,在荷兰,人们认为政党本质上是私人社团,国家不应干涉其内部事务。然而,政治改革党(以下简称“改革党”)的案例引发了一场关于这种观点是否可以维持的政治和公众辩论。本文主要从民主理论的角度来考察SGP的案例。最后得出的结论是,即使在荷兰,政党管理也不需要永远是一个禁忌话题,尽管SGP最近修改了自己的宪法,可能需要一段时间才能引入进一步的规定。但是,应注意不要导致不必要地侵犯象SGP及其追随者这样的少数民族的宪法自由。毕竟,追求本身就是歧视性的非歧视性政策有什么意义呢?
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