Guest Essays

27 new and specially commissioned guest articles from thought leaders around the world explore the often troublesome, yet potentially beneficial, relationships between civil society and the private sector, and offer a range of practical ideas for civil society to influence, work with and address the power of the private sector.

WHAT ROLE FOR THE PEOPLE IN PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS?

ROBERTO BISSIO

HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS: HOW CHANGE HAPPENS

PHIL BLOOMER AND VICKY DODMAN

CASE STUDY: THE FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT CAMPAIGN

MAY BOEVE AND BRETT

MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS INVADE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS

PATRICK BOND

CIVIL SOCIETY AND INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

LORENZO COTULA

DIVEST-INVEST: THE POWER AND RISKS OF FINANCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

ELLEN DORSEY AND CLARA VONDRICH

THE WAY AHEAD FOR THE TREATY PROCESS ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS

LUIS ESPINOSA-SALAS

CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR: GOING ALL OUT AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA AT SOCHI

ALEX FARROW

BUILDING THE MOVEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT IN EUROPE

SUNNIVA GAUTVIK AND FRIEDERIKE HANISCH

THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE SDGS – IMPLICATIONS FOR CIVIL SOCIETY

UWE GNEITING

THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN DEVELOPMENT: NEW CHALLENGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY

GRETCHEN GORDON

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS UNDER ATTACK: THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IN PROTECTING THEIR SPACE

MICHAEL INEICHEN AND MAURICIO LAZALA AND ANA ZBONA

CAN BUSINESS AND CIVIL SOCIETY SAVE OUR DEMOCRACIES?

RAJIV JOSHI

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN LATIN AMERICA: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT

J CARLOS LARA AND GISELA PÉREZ DE ACHA

THE PLACE OF BUSINESS IN OUR EMERGING GLOBAL SOCIETY

DAVID LOGAN

LESSONS FOR TAX JUSTICE ACTIVISTS FROM THE APPLE RULING

SORLEY MCCAUGHEY

REIMAGINING THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IN DEFENDING CIVIC SPACE

SAMEERA MEHRA

LAND RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM: A CASE STUDY FROM KENYA

PHYLLIS OMIDO

PROGRESS TOWARD A TREATY ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

CHIP PITTS

CHANGING THE CALCULATION: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IMPACTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

ADAM SHAPIRO

WILL THE NEW SOUTHERN PHILANTHROPY LIVE UP TO ITS POTENTIAL FOR TRANSFORMATIO-
NAL CHANGE?

INGRID SRINATH

IMPROVING CORPORATE LABOUR PRACTICE: A GLOBAL EFFORT

ALISON TATE

TRANSNATIONAL STRATEGIC LITIGATION: AN EMERGING PART OF CIVIL SOCIETY’S REPERTOIRE FOR CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY

DR CAROLIJN TERWINDT AND CHRISTIAN SCHLIEMANN

THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE OF LAND GRABS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY POWERFUL BIG BUSINESSES

ARNOLD TSUNGA

THE PERVERSE PUSH FOR PPPS AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT

MATHIEU VERVYNCKT EURODAD

CIVIL SOCIETY AND BUSINESS: MEETING A RISING CHALLENGE TO PROSPERITY AND SECURITY

FRANK VOGL

THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND US CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS

SAM WORTHINGTON

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