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Accountability of Non-State Actors for Rights Violations

The Special Case of Transnational Corporations

» by Silvia Danailov

Globalisation and human rights are largely used today (some would say mis-used) in popular catchphrases about recent transformations in our contemporary world. Both represent new developments on the international level that affect the States and societies. The following introductory remarks suggest a framework of analysis for understanding the relationship between transnational corporations - as one of the central actors of the economic globalisation - and the international system of human rights protection.

© Silvia Danailov 1998

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