科目ナンバー

JU-LA3-006S

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授業で使用する言語

英語

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授業の概要

This course examines business and human rights issues from comparative, transnational, and international perspectives. The Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), since being unanimously endorsed by the Human Rights Council in 2011, have become the authoritative global reference for preventing and addressing adverse human rights impacts arising from business activity. Global supply chains in cross-border trade present significant human rights risks and challenges. In 2020, the Japanese government published its National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAP), which expects all Japanese companies to respect internationally recognized human rights and the principles, introduce human rights due diligence based on the UNGPs and engage in dialogue with stakeholders, including in its supply chains. Further, the government released the Guidelines on Respecting Human Rights in Responsible Supply Chains in 2022. In EU, the Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence entered into force in July 2024, making human rights due diligence mandatory. In Asia more governments are launching NAPs and policy measures on business and human rights. This course will discuss how business practice work to prevent human rights risks and what policy measures are needed to create enabling environment for business to respect human rights and what roles civil society plays.

科目目的

This course aims to expose students to the current global discussion and practices on “business and human rights.” In this course students will learn the relationship between business and human rights, and they examine the role of law and policy to achieve the human rights protection in international business arena.

到達目標

In this course, students will gain an overview of business and human rights issues shared by global society. Students are expected to learn to understand the human rights issues in business and identify human rights risks in business related activities and to seek to find solutions therefor.

授業計画と内容

1 Introduction: What are “Business and Human Rights”?
2 Why UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights were created?
3 Due Diligence on Human Rights: Recent legislations around the world
4 State’s Obligation of Human Rights Protection: As regulator and business actor
5 Access to Justice and Remedies: Judicial and non-judicial mechanisms
6 “Business and Human Rights” Policy and Practice in Japan: What do NAPs say?
7 Migration and Labour and Human Rights in Global Supply Chains
8 Business and Human Rights in Conflict-Affected Areas
9 Climate Change and Human Rights
10 Human Rights and Technology
11 How does “meaningful stakeholders engagement” work?
12 In-Class Presentation (1) e.g. human rights of the vulnerable
13 In-Class Presentation (2) e.g. investment treaties and human rights
14 Wrap up: Challenges and Opportunities of “Business and Human Rights”

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授業時間外の学修に必要な時間数／週

・毎週１回の授業が半期（前期または後期）または通年で完結するもの。１週間あたり４時間の学修を基本とします。
・毎週２回の授業が半期（前期または後期）で完結するもの。１週間あたり８時間の学修を基本とします。

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アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容

ディスカッション、ディベート／グループワーク／プレゼンテーション

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実務経験のある教員による授業

はい

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験の内容

Leading Business and Human Rights Policy Proposal Research Project at Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) since 2014. Served as a Rapporteur at the first Asia Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights, Doha in 2016. Contributed to OECD in the Japanese version of OECD Responsible Business Conduct Due Diligence Guidance in 2019 and to the Japanese government in the Japanese provisional translation of OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct in 2023. Recent writings include: “Responsible Supply Chains in Vehicle Parts Industry Case Studies and Challenges”, published jointly by ILO in 2022. A member of METI’s Study Group on “Guidelines on Respecting Human Rights in Responsible Supply Chains” in 2022. A member of Sustainability Expert Committee, Sustainable Procurement Working Group and the chair of Human Rights Working Group of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. Also serve as member of Socially Responsible Procurement Expert Committee of Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験に関連する授業内容

My experience in area specific as well as policy orientated research on business and human rights will provide students with unique opportunity to learn this issue. My regular participating in annual UN conferences on business and human rights allows me to share with students the forefront of global discussions. In addition, my experience in holding lectures and workshops for business community will hopefully contribute to interactive communication to stimulate discussion in the class.

テキスト・参考文献等

 The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
https://www.ohchr.org/documents/publications/guidingprinciplesbusinesshr_en.pdf
https://www.unic.or.jp/texts_audiovisual/resolutions_reports/hr_council/ga_regular_session/3404/
 OHCHR and Business and Human Rights
https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/business/pages/businessindex.aspx
 Raising the Ambition - Increasing the Pace　UNGPs 10+ A ROADMAP 　for the Next Decade of Business and Human rights
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/ungps10plusroadmap.pdf
 OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct
https://mneguidelines.oecd.org/mneguidelines/
 OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct
https://mneguidelines.oecd.org/duediligence/
 Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) - 6th Edition (2022)
https://www.ilo.org/empent/areas/mne-declaration/lang--en/index.htm

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