Multinationals and Human Rights in Asia

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Jason Ho Ching Cheung (Albert Luk’s Chambers, Hong Kong) Kazuaki Nishioka (Kobe University, Japan)

Multinationals and Human Rights in Asia

Name: Multinationals and Human Rights in Asia
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ISBN: 9781509980406

Jason Ho Ching Cheung (Albert Luk’s Chambers, Hong Kong), Kazuaki Nishioka (Kobe University, Japan)

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English

Hart Publishing
28 May 2026

Private international law & conflict of laws; Company, commercial & competition law; Human rights & civil liberties law

Series: Studies in Private International Law - Asia

This book investigates the availability in Asian jurisdictions of civil remedies against multinational businesses for human rights abuses.

Various means have been developed in Europe and elsewhere to hold businesses accountable to victims for human rights abuses. Techniques include legislating due diligence requirements for companies operating abroad, broadening court jurisdiction to include foreign companies having subsidiaries within a country, expanding international jurisdiction, promoting universal jurisdiction, and implementing international conventions and sanctions.

On the 15th anniversary of the 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the book assesses whether the norms of the UN Guiding Principles have taken root in Asia, which has only had a mixed record for upholding human rights. The book first considers the international state of play in the field. It moves on to case studies of corporate governance and human rights in Asia (especially Japan, South Korea, India, Thailand and the Philippines). It then examines emerging issues (environmental damage and climate change, crimes against humanity, and compliance programs and corporate criminal responsibility), and considers how Asia has dealt and can deal with corporate responsibility in connection with those matters. By way of conclusion, the book offers an action plan for implementing the UN Guiding Principles in Asia.

Edited by: Jason Ho Ching Cheung (Albert Luk’s Chambers Hong Kong), Kazuaki Nishioka (Kobe University, Japan)
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 248mm, Width: 172mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 720g
ISBN: 9781509980406
ISBN 10: 1509980407
Series: Studies in Private International Law - Asia
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 28 May 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jason Ho Ching Cheung is a Hong Kong barrister and New York attorney practicing from Albert Luk’s Chambers, Hong Kong and Yodoyabashi & Yamagami LPC, Japan. He is also a part-time lecturer at the Graduate School of Law and the Institute for the Liberal Arts at Doshisha University, Japan. Kazuaki Nishioka is a specially appointed Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Law of Kobe University, Japan.