Fundamental Rights of Corporations as International Human Rights: The Perspective of Regional Economic Courts

Wiater-Hellgardt P (2023)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2023

Journal

Human Rights Law Review Oxford University Press

Book Volume: 23

Journal Issue: 4

DOI: 10.1093/hrlr/ngad025

Abstract

The article deals with the question of whether and why international human rights law should protect corporations at the example of regional economic integration systems such as the European Union. For the European Court of Justice, granting human rights to corporations is the natural response to the key role that private companies play in the integration program. Regional human rights courts, in contrast, partly struggle to recognise corporations as human rights holders. The article critically examines the theoretical raison d’être of fundamental rights of corporations, granted in the framework of international human rights, and reflects on them on the basis of a Rule of Law-postulate.

Authors with CRIS profile

Patricia Wiater-Hellgardt Lehrstuhl für Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht und Menschenrechte

How to cite

APA:

Wiater-Hellgardt, P. (2023). Fundamental Rights of Corporations as International Human Rights: The Perspective of Regional Economic Courts. Human Rights Law Review, 23(4). https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngad025

MLA:

Wiater-Hellgardt, Patricia. "Fundamental Rights of Corporations as International Human Rights: The Perspective of Regional Economic Courts." Human Rights Law Review 23.4 (2023).

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