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1 - Two Countries, Three Industries, Ten Stories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2025

Tim Connor
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, New South Wales
Fiona Haines
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Kate Macdonald
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Shelley Marshall
Affiliation:
RMIT University
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Ten case studies form the empirical and analytical core of the book. Chapter 1 introduces these cases, detailing the arduous journeys marginalised workers and communities pursue in seeking redress for grievances arising from harmful business practices. Their aims vary, some wanting to improve working conditions or pursue compensation for past wrongs, others attempting to block planned business projects or create pressure for broader change to prevent recurring patterns of human rights abuse. Their efforts, together with worker and civil society allies, to gain meaningful outcomes are marked by creativity and diversity in the sheer multitude of methods utilised. Critically, transnational NJMs are only one avenue they pursue. Despite their vast efforts, significant human rights breaches persist alongside small victories. The cases provide compelling evidence that NJMs are best understood as but one actor within broader systems of transnational business regulation.

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Global Business and Local Struggle
Reimagining Non-Judicial Remedy for Human Rights
, pp. 16 - 62
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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