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Harrison, James and Wielga, Mark (2023) Grievance mechanisms in multi-stakeholder initiatives : providing effective remedy for human rights violations? Business and Human Rights Journal, 8 (1). pp. 43-65. doi:10.1017/bhj.2022.37 ISSN 2057-0198.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/bhj.2022.37
Abstract
This article presents an empirical study of six grievance mechanisms in multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs). It argues that key characteristics of each grievance mechanism as well as the contexts in which they operate significantly affect human rights outcomes. But even the most successful only manage to produce remedies in particular types of cases and contexts. The research also finds that it is prohibitively difficult to determine whether ‘effective’ remedy has been achieved in individual cases. Furthermore, the key intervention by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), to prescribe a set of effectiveness criteria for designing or revising MSI grievance mechanisms, itself appears ineffective in stimulating better outcomes for rightsholders. Drawing on these findings, the article reflects on the future potential and limitations of MSI grievance mechanisms within broader struggles to ensure business respect for human rights.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JZ International relations |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | International business enterprises, International cooperation, Human rights, Grievance procedures | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Business and Human Rights Journal | ||||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2057-0198 | ||||||||
Official Date: | February 2023 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 8 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 43-65 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/bhj.2022.37 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 September 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 September 2022 | ||||||||
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