Violations of Human Rights by Transnational Corporations : Locating the Juridical Barriers to Responsibility at the European Court of Human Rights

There is a growing body of evidence that attests to both the direct and indirect role of private corporations in the production of human rights abuses. In recent years, scholars, lawyers and NGO activists have been working to develop the law towards corporate human rights responsibilities. However, there has been no systematic empirical inquiry that assesses the juridical barriers that might hold back the development of international/regional law in its application to corporations. What is proposed, therefore, is a detailed empirical inquiry that will assess the practicalities of developing human rights responsibilities for corporations.