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The United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (Sub-Commission) met at the Palais des Nations, the European Office of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, from 30July through 17 August 2001 for its fifty-third session.' The Sub-Commission is a subsidiary body of the UN Commission on Human Rights (Commission)" and is comprised of26 independent human rights experts, elected by the Commission, who act in their personal capacity rather than as government representatives. Under the principle of geographic distribution, the Sub-Commission Fredrikson and Byron Professor of Law,University of Minnesota; Member, UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. The authors would like to thank Penny Parker, Joe 'Chip' Pitts III, D. Christopher Decker, and AnneJohnston for their excellent work and indispensable help during the 2001 Sub-Commission session. Legal Officer, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE);J.D. cum laude,

SeeROGERCOWE, INVESTING IN SOCIAL RFSPONSIBILITY: RISKSAND OPPORTUNITIES (ABI Research Reports, 2001) (supporting the proposition that corporate social responsibility has a positive impact on businesses by increasing their potential for competitive advantage and increasing shareholder value through promotion of risk management); see also Daniel Farber, Rights as Signals, 31J. LEGAL STUD. 83,98 (2002) (human rights protection properly encourages investment).

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