KORPORASI SEBAGAI PENGEMBAN KEWAJIBAN HAM: SUATU PENCARIAN LEGITIMASI DALAM HUKUM INTERNASIONAL

Abstract

AbstrakIn the age of globalization, multinational companies have been playing amajor role in economic sector, especially in the current situation where therole of government in the private and public sectors is becoming morelimited while independent private enterprise is encouraged. In fact, manypublic industries and producers as well as public services which wereexclusively run by the government have been privatized for the sake ofefficiency. Considering corporate role and powers which are obviouslyincreasing, the question is whether it is relevant to impose obligation oncorporations to provide justice particularly in term of human rightsprotection. This article tries to answer such question by searching fortheoretical and practical support to impose such duty by using human rightsbased approach. The focus will be orr the debates over the dichotomy ofvertical and horizontal applications of human rights. It is concluded in thisarticle that there has been a shift over the development of human righttoward the privatisation of human rights.