Understanding Corporate Complicity: Extending the Notion beyond Existing Laws: Speech by Irene Khan, Secretary-General, Amnesty International at the Business Human Rights Seminar, London, Dec 8, 2005

Index Number: POL 34/001/2006
Date Published: 21 March 2006

This speech points out that Human Rights law is clear that non-state actors such as companies have a responsibility to uphold human rights within their area of control and sphere of influence, whether in the context of their operations or in the communities in which they operate. Corporate complicity is an emerging area of law and is an area where moral questions are as important as legal ones. Principles are recommended which