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Interview With Mahmoud Akkam, Syria, Marcel Stuessi Oct 2006

Interview With Mahmoud Akkam, Syria, Marcel Stuessi

Marcel Stüssi

This is a previously unpublished interview with Mahmoud Akkam, Mufti of Aleppo, Syria


Antarrashtriya Dand Nyayalaya Aur Bharat: Kuch Sawaal-Jawaab, Saumya Uma Mar 2006

Antarrashtriya Dand Nyayalaya Aur Bharat: Kuch Sawaal-Jawaab, Saumya Uma

Saumya Uma

This is the Hindi translation of the publication 'International Criminal Court & India: Some Questions & Answers'


Danda Mukti Ko Virodh, Vahida Nainar, Saumya Uma Mar 2006

Danda Mukti Ko Virodh, Vahida Nainar, Saumya Uma

Saumya Uma

This is a Hindi translation of the English publication 'Combating Impunity'


What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: Human Rights, Shareholder Activism And, Eric A. Engle Jan 2006

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: Human Rights, Shareholder Activism And, Eric A. Engle

Eric A. Engle

Though in theory shareholders have several ways to influence their corporation's behavior, in practice they generally cannot. This may explain the absence of literature on binding governance mechanisms to protect human rights: remedies which theoretically exist are ineffective in practice. To remedy this problem, this article recommends that the few existing mechanisms should be used whenever possible, reformed to become better, and that the SEC should require companies to report on their human rights, environmental, and labor elations practices because that information is material to investment decisions. The risks can be shown in terms of cold cash: corporations which violate …