{"title":"Human Rights-Compatible International Investment Agreements: A Voice From Central & Eastern Europe and Central Asia","authors":"F. Balcerzak, S. Drozd","doi":"10.1017/bhj.2023.3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"On 27 July 2021, the United Nations Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises submitted to the United Nations General Assembly the ‘Report on Human Rights-Compatible International Investment Agreements’ (the Report).1 As part of the process of preparing the Report, several regional consultations were convened,2 including Consultations for Central & Eastern Europe and Central Asia (the CEE&CA Consultations), which took place on 21 April 2021 and gathered 31 participants from 15 states.3 The Report recognized that it was informed by ‘rich insights gained from these consultations’, and incorporated suggestions and conclusions reached in many of them.4","PeriodicalId":9399,"journal":{"name":"Business and Human Rights Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Business and Human Rights Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1017/bhj.2023.3","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"BUSINESS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
On 27 July 2021, the United Nations Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises submitted to the United Nations General Assembly the ‘Report on Human Rights-Compatible International Investment Agreements’ (the Report).1 As part of the process of preparing the Report, several regional consultations were convened,2 including Consultations for Central & Eastern Europe and Central Asia (the CEE&CA Consultations), which took place on 21 April 2021 and gathered 31 participants from 15 states.3 The Report recognized that it was informed by ‘rich insights gained from these consultations’, and incorporated suggestions and conclusions reached in many of them.4
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The Business and Human Rights Journal (BHRJ) provides an authoritative platform for scholarly debate on all issues concerning the intersection of business and human rights in an open, critical and interdisciplinary manner. It seeks to advance the academic discussion on business and human rights as well as promote concern for human rights in business practice. BHRJ strives for the broadest possible scope, authorship and readership. Its scope encompasses interface of any type of business enterprise with human rights, environmental rights, labour rights and the collective rights of vulnerable groups. The Editors welcome theoretical, empirical and policy / reform-oriented perspectives and encourage submissions from academics and practitioners in all global regions and all relevant disciplines. A dialogue beyond academia is fostered as peer-reviewed articles are published alongside shorter ‘Developments in the Field’ items that include policy, legal and regulatory developments, as well as case studies and insight pieces.