Multinational corporations and human rights violations: Call for rebuilding the laws of twenty-first century

Abstract

Purpose

The article aims to reflect the present legal position in regard to the upsurging human rights violations by powerful multinational corporations in India and the need of controlling it. This is one area of law which needs to be addressed at the earliest, at an international level by many stake-holders such as companies, legislature, judges, human rights activists and students.

Design/methodology/approach

Doctrinaire research methodology using secondary sources.

Findings

Human rights violations in corporate arena is upsurging. Lack of good governance mechanisms and vigilances are reasons. Progressive laws are sought at both international and national which can maintain the balance between international and national endeavours to control such issues.

Originality/value

This is not much highlighted issue and hence is updated to various legislations across the world which talks about this issue.

Citation

Panda, B. (2013), "Multinational corporations and human rights violations: Call for rebuilding the laws of twenty-first century", Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. 20 No. 4, pp. 422-432. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-02-2013-0006