Presents an approach to human rights that goes beyond the traditional focus on states and outlines the human rights obligations of non-state actors. This book also addresses some of the ways in which these entities can be held legally accountable for their actions in various jurisdictions.

In turn these international developments have drawn on the changing ways in which human rights are implemented in national law. A selection of national jurisdictions, including the United States, South Africa and the United Kingdom are examined with regard to the application of human rights law to non-state actors. The book's final part includes suggestions with regard to understanding the parameters of the human rights obligations of non-state actors. Key to understanding the legal obligations of non-state actors are concepts such as dignity and democracy. While neither concept can unravel the dilemmas involved in the application of human rights law to non-state actors, a better understanding of the tensions surrounding these concepts can help us to understand what is at stake.

INTRODUCTION
1. Old Objections and New Approaches
2. Thinking Responsibly About the Subject of Subjects
3. Charcteristics of International Human Rights Law
4. The United Nations
5. The World Trade Organization and the European Union
6. Corporations and Human Rights
7. Non-State Actors in Times of Armed Conflict
8. Selected UN Human Rights Treaties
9. Regional Human Rights Bodies
10. National Legal Orders
11. Dignity and Democracy
12. Complexity, Complicity, and Complementarity