Business and Human Rights in Southeast Asia: Risk and the Regulatory Turn

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Series Page......Page 3
Title Page......Page 6
Copyright Page......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Table of Contents......Page 10
Notes on contributors......Page 12
Foreword......Page 18
Preface and acknowledgements......Page 20
Introduction......Page 22
Part I......Page 32
1 Whither corporate social responsibility and the UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights in ASEAN?......Page 34
2 Business and human rights challenges in ASEAN: the role and modalities of the State......Page 51
3 Why gender matters for the business and human rights agenda in Southeast Asia......Page 78
4 Children’s rights and business: a framework to combat ICT-enabled child abuse in Southeast Asia......Page 99
Part II......Page 118
5 Regulating social and environmental risk in ASEAN financial integration: the Xayaburi dam project in Lao PDR and Thai Banks......Page 120
6 Corporate sustainability and palm oil industries in Southeast Asia: a principled pragmatism......Page 142
7 Human rights risks amidst the ‘gold-rush’: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam......Page 154
Part III......Page 182
8 Tigers, dragons, and elephants on the move in Myanmar: the case for responsible investment and three recommendations for Asian leaders......Page 184
9 The new frontier: due diligence and developing and implementing human rights audits in Southeast Asia......Page 211
10 Making human rights a core business practice: the finance sector’s role in the promotion and protection of human rights......Page 228
Part IV......Page 244
11 Rule-making for rights protection in the Philippines: the judiciary’s new powers for environmental regulation and access to remedy for business-related rights abuses......Page 246
12 The reality of remedy in mining and community relations: an anonymous case-study from Southeast Asia......Page 260
13 Right to development: a path to securing more effective remedies?......Page 279
Conclusion and afterword......Page 304
Index
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