DIRITTI UMANI

In 2005, John Ruggie received an almost impossible mission. Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations,

asked Ruggie to research corporate human rights abuses committed around the world—from the effect of environmental degradation on local populations to forced labor—and, if he could, to find solutions. (...)

The article:
http://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/35331-Just-Business-Multinational-Corporations-and-Human-Rights

The book:
http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Just-Business/

More about:

http://business-humanrights.org/sites/default/files/media/un_business_and_human_rights_treaty_update.pdf

 

 

Basic information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruggie

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Guiding_Principles_on_Business_and_Human_Rights

Past... present:

https://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6967:united-nations-production-sectors-cost-trillions-in-damages-to-world-environment&catid=33:ambiente&Itemid=58