Human Rights, business actors and the 2030 Agenda
Time-space considerations regarding the international norm-making through the case of Shell in Nigeria
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Business and Human Rights, 2030 Agenda, Norm Constructivism , ShellAbstract
This article intents to discuss, through a norm constructivist literature and some theoretical criticism towards it, the private business actors swinging behavior regarding the process of institutionalization of a Business and Human Rights Norm and the 2030 Agenda. Shedding light on the Shell case in Nigeria, some considerations were made about the performance of this actor and his (non)concerns, both in time and space, with human rights and socio-environmental justice
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