| dc.description.abstract | Whilst economic growth is important for a
country to develop, it is also important that the said
development is achieved in a humane manner with due
recognition given to the rights of people living in that
country. Although when the concept of human rights first
emerged in history, the prevalent mischief that it sought to
remedy was the abuse of political power, the society has
now changed following a period of technological evolution,
which facilitated the emergence of a new type of power
commonly known as economic power wielded by
businesses. It has been identified that economic power is
as much as dangerous as political power if exercised in an
abusive manner. Thus, it is important that the existing
legal framework relating to human rights should extend to
include the corporate abuse of economic power in order to
safeguard the rights of vulnerable humans. Hence, this
research was conducted to analyse the existing national
and international human rights regimes in order to
discover the new developments therein to deal with the
predominant human rights issues in the business
environment in the 21st century following the black letter
approach. It was revealed that despite certain issues that
are yet to be addressed, both national and international
legal systems have developed rapidly during the last
decade to address these business and human rights issues.
However, the legal system in Sri Lanka appeared to be
vastly outdated in addressing these issues despite such
issues being evidently prevalent in the country. | |
