Business and Human Rights

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Course ID:	WP-SM-MON-BHR(p)-s
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Business and Human Rights
Name in Polish:	Business and Human Rights
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Law and Administration
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	SM2_U05 SM2_U06 SM2_U09 SM2_U15 SM2_K01 SM2_K04 SM2_K06 SM2_K07
Short description:	Studies on the issue of the impact of enterprises' activities on human rights - the obligations of enterprises, responsibilities of enterprises and taking actions to prevent violations of human rights.
Full description:	Business and human rights Seminar 1. The outline of the seminar, introduction to the issues, definitions, objectives. Seminar 2. The historic emergence of the business and human rights debate. Seminar 3. The impact of the economic globalisation on the human rights standards. The political and ideological challenges to applying human rights to business. Seminar 4. The human rights obligations of enterprises under public international law. The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (2011) and other non-binding indicators of binding norms. Seminar 5. The rights of enterprises and the value of their interests when balancing against the need for respect of human rights. Seminar 6. The key legal and non-legal challenges in determining the corporate responsibility. The concepts of non-state actors, sphere of influence and complicity. The relation between relevant trade and investment agreements and the human rights treaties. Seminar 7. Litigating corporate human rights. The justiciability of corporate human rights obligations and the individual access to legal remedies. Seminar 8. The corporate social responsibility and business ethics. The soft law standards, multi-stakeholder initiatives and the non-legal sanctions for human rights abuses. Seminar 9. Human rights in employment and recruitment. The supply chain labour standards. Seminar 10. Business and armed conflicts. Enterprises operating in conflict and post-conflict areas. Seminar 11. The information and communication technology. Business and the right to privacy. Seminar 12. The relation between human rights and consumer protection standards. Seminar 13. The business perspective on human rights implementation challenges. Seminar 14. The global and regional initiatives facilitating the convergence between the business and human rights. Seminar 15. The future of the relation between business and human rights and the foreseeable development of norms governing it.
Bibliography:	Literature: C. Lopez, Business and Human Rights: Toward the Development of an international legal framework, „Review of the Due Process of Law, May 2015, no 20. R. C. Bird, D. R. Cahoy, J. D. Prenkert (edt.), Law, Business and Human Rights. Briding the gap, USA 2014. E. Karska, Relacja biznesu i praw człowieka – kilka uwag z punktu widzenia praktyki I doktryny prawa międzynarodowego, [in:] A. Tarwacka (edt.), Iuria et Negotia. Księga Jubileuszowa z okazji 15-lecia Wydziału Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie, Warszawa 2015. H. Slim, Business actors in armed conflict: towards a new humanitarian agenda, [in:] Humanitarian debate: Law, policy, action. Business, violence and conflict, „International Review of The Red Cross” 2012, Vol. 94, No. 887. D. Weissbrodt, Human Rights Standards Concerning Transnational Corporations and Other Business Entities, “University of Minnesota Law School” 2014, vol. 23. Ł.D. Dąbrowski, Human rights obligations of enterprises under public international law [in:] Human rights – between need and possibilities, (edt.) M. Sitek, A. F. Uricchio, I. Florek, Józefów 2017 r. Documents: OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, 2011 ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, 1998 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 December 1948 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 16 December 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 16 December 1966
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	EK 1: can characterize basic issues in the field of business and human rights, EK 2: has the ability to understand and analyze phenomena and processes taking place in business relations and human rights, EK 3: presents the bodies responsible for the protection of human rights and the legal basis for their functioning, EK 4: is aware of the importance of interdisciplinary knowledge in the process of description and explanation of various aspects of the issues of human rights protection and economic development, EK 5: proposes a solution to a specific problem concerning the protection of human rights in the activities of international enterprises. Opis ECTS Udział w konwersatorium: 15 h Zapoznanie się i analiza zalecanych źródeł : 40 h Przygotowanie prezentacji (referatu): 30 h Przygotowanie do kolokwium: 15 h Suma godzin: 100h Liczba ECTS: 100h/25 = 4 ECTS 4 ECTS
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Attendance, activity and presentation of a specific topics in the form of a papers.

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