"UN: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948" [2005] ELECD 237; in Tully, Stephen (ed), "International Documents on Corporate Responsibility" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: International Documents on Corporate Responsibility

Editor(s): Tully, Stephen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843768197

Section: Chapter 14

Section Title: UN: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948

Number of pages: 5

Extract:

14. UN: The Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, 1948

Commentary: As stated in its preamble, UNGA Resolution 217A (1948) is a
`common standard of achievement for all'. See further UN, Fiftieth Anniversary of the
UDHR, Basic Information Kit No 1, 1998. Regional human rights instruments include
the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms 213 UNTS 222 (1950); the European Social Charter 529 UNTS 89 (1961);
the American Convention on Human Rights (1969) 1144 UNTS 123; the Additional
Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights (1988) OASTS 69; the African (Banjul) Charter on Human
and People's Rights 21 ILM 58 (1982); the Arab Charter on Human Rights 18 Human
Rights Law Journal 151 (1997).
From the OHCHR (2000), see, for example, `Business and Human Rights: A
Progress Report', Geneva. For business perspectives, see the Business Leaders
Initiative on Human Rights, www.blihr.org. For joint business­NGO perspectives, see
Confederation of Danish Industries/Danish Centre for Human Rights/Industrialization
Fund for Developing Countries, Defining the Scope of Business Responsibility for Human
Rights Abuses Abroad, Copenhagen, c1999; AI/PWBLF, Human Rights: Is It Any of Your
Business? London, 2000. For NGO perspectives, see, for example, International
Council on Human Rights Policy (2002), Beyond Voluntarism: Human Rights and the
Developing International Legal Obligations of Companies, Versoix.
For academic commentary, see, for example, D'Amato A. (1979), `Are human
rights good for international business?', Northwestern Journal of International ...