By: Jake Goodman-Palmer PDF: Manufacturing Accountability This Article examines four avenues for holding multinational corporations (MNCs) accountable for workplace injuries that occur in their value chains and proposes a fifth solution. The four pathways are: human rights tribunals, the self- regulation of firm activity through the promulgation of private standards, tort or delict liability in domestic courts, and a novel proposal to establish an International Court of Civi

By: Erick Guapizaca Jiménez PDF: Pre-Legislative Indigenous Consultation This Article seeks to distinguish pre-legislative and pre-regulatory consultation (together referred to as pre-legislative consultation) from project-based consultation. Pre-legislative consultation covers draft legislation, executive orders, and regulations that create general norms and is triggered when a measure directly affects Indigenous Peoples. This Article makes two claims. First, pre-legislativ

By: Emily M. Broad Leib & Noelle Musolino PDF: From Surplus to Sustenance The right to food has been acknowledged as a key part of the global human rights framework, officially recognized by 171 countries. Even in countries that have not formally recognized the right—notably including the United States—there is general agreement that government plays an important role in ensuring food security. Recent global shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflic

By: Tarissa L. Peterson PDF: Voyage of Injustice Behind the glamour of the cruise ship industry lies a dark reality of systemic exploitation that requires public awareness and urgent action to facilitate reform. This Article unveils the dark side of the cruise ship industry and whether the existing international legal architecture enables exploitation in the cruise ship industry, and the pathways forward for reform. This Article delves into the cruise ship industry’s employ