This book is a practical guide to understanding the multifaceted nature of Business &Human Rights. It provides a snapshot of critical issues that populated the B&HR agenda in 2023, offering case studies to be applied in academic and professional contexts.

List of Tables Notes on Contributors Part 1   Introduction: Business and Human Rights: Emerging Challenges, Issues and Trends   Andreas R. Ziegler, Damiano Canapa, and Maria Izabel Cardozo Part 2 Human Rights at a Glance 1 From International “Soft” Law to Law in Business and Human Rights: The Role of the ungps in the Development of Formal Sources of International Law   Elena Assenza 2 Corporate Lawyers and Climate Change: Perspectives from Professional Ethics and Business and Human Rights   Jasmine Elliott and Boudewijn de Bruin 3 Learning from the Conflict Dynamics in Ukraine: Towards a Conceptual Framework for Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence   Izabela Jędrzejowska-Schiffauer, Daria Nagaivska, and Jan Minksztym 4 The Relevance of Mandatory Human Rights and Sustainability Due Diligence for the Greening of EU Antitrust Law   Maria Jose Schmidt-Kessen Part 3 Responsibility to “Respect Human Rights” across Different Industries 5 Shared Responsibility for Human Rights in the Algorithmic Age: Why Business Should Be the States’ally to Eliminate Discrimination   Fabian Lütz 6 Reasonable Accommodation as a Tool for States and Businesses to Cope with the ungps   Morgane Ventura 7 Venture Capital and Human Rights Due Diligence: Time to Act   Michel Jaccard and Christof Cardinaux 8 Risk-Creating Industries’ Obligation to the Right to Health   Alice Bryk Silveira 9 From Non-discrimination to the Guiding Principles and Back: How the Olympics Have Addressed Human Rights until Today   Jean-Loup Chappelet Part 4 Access to Remedy 10 Business and Human Rights: Issues of Private International Law   Andrea Bonomi 11 Civil liability in the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: A “Brussels Effect” on International Investment Law?   Nicolas Bueno and Isidore Ngueuleu 12 Is Arbitration the Answer? An Analysis of Applicable Substantive Law under the Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration in the Context of the ict Manufacturing Industry   Max Ebdon 13 Human Rights Compliance in Investment Activities: Some Challenges from the New Latin American Constitutionalism   Fernando Bruno Escobar Pacheco 14 Interface between the Judiciary and National Human Rights Institutions: A Means to Ensure Effective Remedies for Business-Related Human Rights Abuses?   Puspa Pokharel Part 5 Updated iba Guidance and Commentary 15 Foreword to the Updated iba Guidance Note on Business and Human Rights: The Role of Lawyers in the Changing Landscape   Stéphane Brabant, Shaheeza Lalani, Bernhard Maier and Maria Izabel Cardozo 16 Updated iba Guidance Note on Business and Human Rights: The Role of Lawyers in the Changing Landscape Index