How international investment law could improve the enforcement of business and human rights

June 16, 2017

Six years to this day, on 16 June 2011, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) endorsed the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which implement the UN ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ framework. This date marked an important part of advancing the legal protection afforded to individuals at the international level. Yet when …