Business and Human Rights

“Business and Human Rights - Upholding the Market's Social Darwinism” is a paper that critiques United Nations Special Representative for Business and Human Rights John Ruggie's recent report on the responsibilities of business towards human rights. The author, de Regil, A, argues that Ruggie's vision in the report is in open conflict with the basic concept of democracy and of true long-term sustainability, as he continues to uphold the market as the principle that reigns supreme over the lives of societies across the world. The author claims that Ruggie ignores the customary, massive, ubiquitous and systemic violation of a wide range of human rights that the market exerts over billions of people. The author also claims that Ruggie is clearly not qualified to come up with solutions that address the real problem for he is a staunch defendant of the status quo.
 
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