Non-State Actors and Human Rights / edited by Philip Alston and associated with Academy of European Law, European University Institute in collaboration with the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University School of Law

It includes Bibliography and Index Pages etc..

Table of Contents :

Part I: Introduction
1:The 'Not-a-Cat' Syndrome: Can the International Human Rights Regime Accommodate Non-State Actors?, Philip Alston
2:The Changing International Legal Framework for Dealing with Non-State Actors, August Reinisch
Part II: Non-Governmental Organizations and International Organizations as Non-State Actors
3:The Evolving Status of NGOs under International Law: A Threat to the Inter-State System?, Menno T. Kamminga
4:Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and the International Monetary Fund, François Gianviti
Part III: Corporations
5:Catching the Conscience of the King: Corporate Players on the International Stage, Celia Wells and Juanita Elias
6:Corporate Responsibility and the International Law of Human Rights: The New Lex Mercatoria, Ralph Steinhardt
7:The Accountability of Multinationals for Human Rights Violations in European Law, Olivier de Schutter
8:Human Rights Responsibilities of Businesses as None-State Actors, David Weissbrodt and Muria Kruger
Bibliography on Non-State Actors in International Law, Mary Rumsey

Over View:

Responsibility of Non-State Actors is one of the biggest and most critical challenges facing international law today
Covers the role of important non-governmental institutions including the IMF and the WTO
Assesses the challenge posed by the behaviour of transnational corporations

Author Information:

Edited by Philip Alston, Professor of Law at New York University Law School

Contributors:

Philip Alston
August Reinisch
Menno T. Kamminga
François Gianviti
Celia Wells and Juanita Elias
Ralph Steinhardt
Olivier de Schutter
David Weissbrodt and Muria Kruger
Mary Rumsey