Arbitrating Business and Human Rights Disputes

Year 2020, Volume: 40 Issue: 2, 1535 - 1567, 30.12.2020

Zeynep Derya Tarman

Abstract

Keeping the negative impacts of business activities on human rights and the weak position of the victims as well as other parties, the Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration (Hague Rules) have recently been adopted with the description that international arbitration holds great promise as a method to be used to resolve human rights disputes involving business. While there are criticisms about the practicability and the usefulness of the Hague rules, with certain consideration for improvement, the Hague Rules can be an effective step towards achieving justice for victims of Business and Human Rights violations and abuses. This paper aims to present first the history of creation and analysis of the effectiveness of the Hague Rules, and second, to elaborate on why arbitration is a good option for Business and Human Rights disputes. After that, the paper will present the challenges related to the applicability of the rules followed by its future implications.

Keywords

Business, Human rights, Business and human righst disputes, Arbitration, Human rights violations, Multinational corporations, victim, UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

İş Dünyası ve İnsan Hakları Uyuşmazlıklarında Tahkim

Abstract

Ticari faaliyetlerin insan hakları üzerindeki olumsuz etkileri ve mağdurların zayıf konumu dikkate alınarak çok uluslu şirketlerin sebep olduğu insan hakları ihlallerinin tahkim yoluyla çözümü için yakın zamanda İş Dünyası ve İnsan Hakları Lahey Tahkim Kuralları (Lahey Kuralları) kabul edilmiştir. Söz konusu Lahey Kurallarının yararlılığı ve elverişliliği konusunda eleştiriler olmakla beraber Kurallar, çok uluslu şirketlerin sebep olduğu insan hakları ihlalleri mağdurlarına adalete erişim konusunda etkin bir yol sunabilir. Bu çalışmanın konusu, Lahey Kurallarının ortaya çıkma sürecini ve tarihçesini kısaca ortaya koyduktan sonra tahkimin insan hakları ihlallerinden doğan uyuşmazlıkların çözümü konusunda neden tercih edilmesi gerektiğini incelemektir. Bu kapsamda, Lahey Kurallarının iş dünyası ve insan hakları uyuşmazlıklarının kendine has özellikleri dikkate alınarak hazırlanmış maddeleri ele alınacaktır
Ayrıca çalışmada Lahey kurallarının eksiklikleri ve geliştirilmesi gereken noktaları üzerinde de durulacaktır.

Keywords

İş dünyası, İnsan Hakları, İş dünyası ve insan hakları uyuşmazlıkları, Tahkim, İnsan hakları ihlali, Çok uluslu şirketler, Mağdur, Birleşmiş Milletler İş Dünyası ve İnsan Hakları Hakkında Rehber İlkeler

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