Reclaiming the Human Rights Foundations of the UN Standards of Conduct for Business on Tackling Discrimination against LGBTI People

Lyons, Amanda; Christiancy, Cooper

doi:10.1017/bhj.2021.32

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“…programs, which are created for purposes other than reverence for human rights. 22 In the U.N. Human Rights Council Resolution 32/2,which stipulates protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, the Human Rights Council resolved to appoint an Independent Expert to conduct, facilitate, and support the provision of advisory services, technical assistance, capacity-building and international cooperation in support of national efforts to combat violence and discrimination against persons on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity. 23 This strong legal backbone under the UN system, if adopted and implemented, offers a wonderful framework against which to hold states and businesses accountable where human rights violations have been committed against LGBTQI+ individuals especially by business entities.…”

Section: Corporate Responsibility Towards Lgbtqi+ People Using the Un...mentioning

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Ubuntu and African Restorative Justice Mechanisms as Building Blocks for an LGBTQI+ Inclusive Legal System: A Focus on the Right to Housing, Legal Recognition and Corporate Accountability for LGBTQI+ Inclusion

Onziema,

Arinda

2024

IICLR

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Ubuntu and African Restorative Justice Mechanisms as Building Blocks for an LGBTQI+ Inclusive Legal System: A Focus on the Right to Housing, Legal Recognition and Corporate Accountability for LGBTQI+ Inclusion

Onziema,

Arinda

2024

IICLR

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Freedom of Religion and Non-discrimination Based on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Ukraine: Corporate Policy Commitments in Situations of Conflicting Social Expectations

Horbachevska,

Uvarova,

Vovk

2024

Hum Rights Rev

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Conflicting social expectations in a particular state affect the interpretation and implementation of international human rights law. Ideological, religious, and legal factors related to the protection of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) and freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) in Ukraine put businesses under social pressure. Businesses thus face a legitimate dilemma whether to follow national social expectations perceiving FoRB and freedom from discrimination based on SOGI as rights in conflict or expectations arising from international human rights law establishing both freedoms as equal and non-clashing. Based on desk research and in-depth interviews with business policymakers the article identifies neutrality, ignoring, and active engagement strategies when providing corporate respect to FoRB and SOGI under the business and human rights framework ‘Protect, Respect, Remedy’ which requires responsible business conduct. The article concludes with the implications each strategy has for resolving presumed clashes between FoRB and SOGI at the community level.

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Gender and Intersectionality in Business and Human Rights Scholarship

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Seck

Simons

2022

Bus. and hum. rights j.

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In this article, we explore what intersectionality, as an analytic tool, can contribute to business and human rights (BHR) scholarship. To date, few BHR scholars have explicitly engaged in intersectional analysis. While gender analysis of BHR issues remains crucial to expose inequality in business activity, we argue that engagement with intersectionality can enrich and support this and other BHR scholarship. Intersectional approaches allow us to move beyond single-axis analysis, contest simplistic representations about gender issues and expose the complexity of human relations. It draws our attention to structures that sustain disadvantage such as racism, colonialism, social and economic marginalization and systematic discrimination. Moreover, intersectionality emphasizes the need to centre the contributions of those who have been marginalized. It can be used to challenge the legitimacy of the state and support subaltern, decolonized or postcolonial, including indigenous, perspectives. Adopting an intersectional approach can help problematize the neoliberal capitalist system and its constructs, in which the BHR normative framework is embedded, calling into question the reification of economic growth and its impact on individuals, communities and the planet. We must, however, remain cautious of attempts to co-opt intersectionality in the service of neoliberalism and remain conscious of our own privilege and discursive practices.

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Reclaiming the Human Rights Foundations of the UN Standards of Conduct for Business on Tackling Discrimination against LGBTI People

Cited by 4 publications

References 15 publications

Ubuntu and African Restorative Justice Mechanisms as Building Blocks for an LGBTQI+ Inclusive Legal System: A Focus on the Right to Housing, Legal Recognition and Corporate Accountability for LGBTQI+ Inclusion

Ubuntu and African Restorative Justice Mechanisms as Building Blocks for an LGBTQI+ Inclusive Legal System: A Focus on the Right to Housing, Legal Recognition and Corporate Accountability for LGBTQI+ Inclusion

Freedom of Religion and Non-discrimination Based on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Ukraine: Corporate Policy Commitments in Situations of Conflicting Social Expectations

Gender and Intersectionality in Business and Human Rights Scholarship

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