Business and Human Rights: relevance for WA lawyers

John Southalan

Business and Human Rights: relevance for WA lawyers

John Southalan

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Abstract

There are growing implications, for the operation of businesses, from international human rights. Many international standards are enacted as Australian law – eg. prohibiting discrimination on gender, race, age and other grounds; outlawing corruption and bribery; criminalising trafficking – and compliance with these is a matter of Australian statutory, administrative and constitutional law. But there are increasing roles and legal implications of international human rights standards regardless of Australian domestic law. This article summarises the key documents and recent developments.

Original language	English
Pages	6-11
Number of pages	6
Volume	46
No.	1
Specialist publication	Brief
Publisher	The Law Society of Western Australia
Publication status	Published - Feb 2019

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

human rights
business
Lawyers
western australia

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Business and Human Rights: relevance for WA lawyers

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