BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS / Šturma, Mozetic (eds)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

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PART I. INTERNATIONAL LAW FRAMEWORK

1. Human rights and international investment law Pavel Šturma

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2. The intrinsic connection between human rights and the 2030 Agenda in the context of transnational areas towards international business Rafael Burlani, Marcos Leite Garcia 26 3. Indirect obligations of business entities under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights Alla Tymofeyeva 37 4. The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the increasing relevance of the system of National Contact Points Ondřej Svoboda 52 5. United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies’ Approach to States’ Obligations in the Context of Business Activities Ivana Machoňová Schellongová 64 PART II. HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES 6. Democracy and the rule of law: judicial activism in Brazil as a challenge for fundamental social rights Lenio Streck 79 8. Entrepreneurial adverse impacts on human right to social security: a discussion upon concerns set forth in sensitive international standards Carlos Luiz Strapazzon 103 9. Governance, business, and human rights: reflections about the prohibition of social retrogression in social service deliverance in case of economic crisis Rogério Luiz Nery da Silva, Cristiane Brum dos Santos 115 7. Land grabbing as a human rights challenge Martin Faix 92

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