Corporate accountability for human rights violations in Australian domestic law

International law — and human rights law in particular — has traditionally concerned itself with state responsibility, rather than the responsibility of non-state actors such as companies. With companies holding immense power within both international and domestic communities, they have the potential to do both great harm and great good in the human rights sphere. Although companies are not directly regulated by international law, in Australia they are extensively regulated both by specialist corporations laws and by general laws. Many of these laws can be used in ways that protect and enforce the human rights of those who come into contact with companies — whether they be employees, customers, shareholders or others who are affected by a company's activities. This article explores the various domestic avenues for protecting those human rights that Australia has committed to protect at international law and the extent to which these laws can be used to punish and prevent corporate human rights abuses

Accountability · Business · Economics · Human rights · Law and economics · Political science · Corporate Law and Human Rights · International Law and Human Rights · Law

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