Challenges and Opportunities for the Protection of Labour Rights of Transnational Corporations: The Case of Developing Countries

Abstract

In recent years, with the globalisation and liberalisation of trade, an increasing number of multinational corporations have been operating in developing countries. While promoting the economic development of developing countries, it has also triggered a series of human rights violations. Therefore, strengthening the protection of human rights for multinational corporations in developing countries is one of the current hot issues in international commercial law and human rights protection. Against this background, the international community has adopted a series of measures, such as the UN Global Compact, the OECD's Code of Conduct for Multinational Enterprises and the ILO's Declaration of Fundamental Principles and Rights, to protect the human rights issues of transnational corporations in developing countries. However, the effectiveness of these measures is still controversial, while further improvements are needed in practice. Therefore, this paper will use the method of case study to analyse the current problems of labour human rights abuses of transnational corporations in developing countries and put forward its own thoughts on how to strengthen the accountability of transnational corporations with respect to the protection of human rights, with a view to conducting a more in-depth analysis and reflection on the interaction between international business law and human rights protection.