Human Rights in Transnational Business Translating Human Rights Obli
This book investigates how human rights law can be applied to corporate entities. To date there have been insufficient international legal mechanisms to bring corporations to justice for their misconduct abroad. The book argues that rather than trying to
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Human Rights in Transnational Business Translating Human Rights Obligations into Compliance Procedures
Human Rights in Transnational Business
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Julia Ruth-Maria Wetzel
Human Rights in Transnational Business Translating Human Rights Obligations into Compliance Procedures
Julia Ruth-Maria Wetzel Universita¨t Luzern Luzern, Switzerland
Luzerner Dissertation 2015 ISBN 978-3-319-31324-5 ISBN 978-3-319-31325-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31325-2
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I dedicate this book to my loving parents, who have never ceased to encourage and inspire me. I am eternally thankful to my mother, Anna-Maria Wetzel, for her compassion and kind heart. I am deeply grateful to my father, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Wetzel, for his insight and guidance in this process; his support was and remains irreplaceable. I owe them every success. In loving memory of Rose Marie Nesbit and Johann Schuster
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Acknowledgments
This book was written between 2013 and 2015 and was accepted as a dissertation at the University of Lucerne School of Law in the Fall of 2015. I am deeply thankful to Prof. Alexander Morawa for his kind supervision and advice as well as to Prof. Chang Wang for his valuable criticism and insight. A special thank you must go to Prof. Martina Caroni, to whom I remain forever in debt for her support, guidance, and friendship. I am grateful to Sina Tannebaum for being a wonderful best friend and a constant source of positivity, motivation, and strength. Thank you Ariel Steffen, Uta Dietrich, Isabel Keiser, and De´sire´e Guntli for your kindheartedness throughout the years. I am blessed to be surrounded by such inspiring individuals. Finally, I would like to
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