Business and human rights: history, law and policy - bridging the accountability gap

Bridging the accountability gap is to be understood as both setting standards and attempting to change corporate behaviours so that they become respectful of human rights; and holding corporations and business people to account if violations occur.

Adopting a legal perspective, this book presents the ways in which this dual undertaking has been and could be further carried out in the future, and evaluates the extent to which the various initiatives in the field bridge the corporate accountability gap.