A paper on the The International Law Standard for Corporate Aiding and Abetting Liability, prepared by ERI in collaboration with the University of Virginia International Human Rights Law Clinic was recently submitted to the United Nations Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises.

This paper grew out of EarthRights International’s support for the United Nations Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights (the Norms). The Norms were adopted by the U.N. Sub-Commission on the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in August 2003, and are the result of consultations of members of an Expert Working Group with other U.N. agencies, business associations, corporations, and NGOs, as well as U.N. Member States.

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