Translating Unocal: The Liability of Transnational Corporations for Human Rights Violations
35 Pages Posted: 5 Sep 2011 Last revised: 17 Oct 2012
Date Written: September 4, 2009
Abstract
This paper analyzes the legal proceedings against Total-Unocal in the US, in France and in Belgium regarding the human rights abuses perpetrated in Burma.
Keywords: global justice, transnational human rights law, corporations and human rights
JEL Classification: K33
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Frydman, Benoit and Hennebel, Ludovic, Translating Unocal: The Liability of Transnational Corporations for Human Rights Violations (September 4, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1922188 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1922188
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