Agradecimientos

Pages33-36
AuthorAndrea A. López-Francos de Busturia
El objetivo fundamental de este trabajo de investigación consiste en ofrecer un
elenco de argumentos sólidos que justifican la necesidad de mejorar el sistema
actual de protección de los derechos humanos en el marco de la actividad
empresarial internacional. Aunque la protección y defensa de los derechos
humanos constituye hoy, más que nunca, una exigencia ética, la protección y
defensa de los derechos humanos en el ámbito de las actuaciones
empresariales –y particularmente de las actuaciones empresariales
internacionales– constituye una novedad esperanzadora. Este libro pretende
acercar al lector a la realidad actual del siglo XXI y conseguir que tome
conciencia de la situación de indefensión que se vive todavía hoy en muchas
regiones y países del mundo. Los instrumentos internacionales con los que se
pretende proteger y garantizar en la actualidad los derechos humanos frente a
los impactos perniciosos que pueden generar determinadas actuaciones
empresariales, presentan graves deficiencias y por ello resulta necesario avanzar
en el establecimiento de mecanismos que permitan reducir e, incluso, suprimir
las agresiones que estas actividades empresariales irresponsables pueden provocar
sobre los derechos humanos. Como señaló Sharan Burrow, actual Secretaria
General de la Confederación Internacional Sindical, el pasado 2 de diciembre
de 20149 en el Foro de Naciones Unidas sobre Empresas y Derechos
Humanos, the Nepalese worker owned by another human being in Qatar needs you...;The
Indian domestic worker whipped in Saudi Arabia needs you...; The workers surviving Rana
Plaza but still without adequate labour laws need you...;The workers in Cambodia who were
not shot fighting for a minimum wage of just 177 US dollars a month need you...;The flower
growers in Colombia who just want to form a union but fear for their lives need you...;The
cocoa farmers and their children exploited in Ivory Cost need you...;The Indigenous people
impacted by the Tampakan copper mine in the Philippines need you...And millions more...10
Es decir, los hechos ponen de manifiesto que no puede dejarse algo tan
importante como es la protección y defensa de los derechos humanos en la
práctica empresarial al arbitrio de las propias empresas o, lo que viene a ser lo
mismo, al control por los llamados instrumentos de soft law, sin carácter
jurídico vinculante. Eso nos proporciona una protección débil, sin garantías de
cumplimiento ni asunción de responsabilidades.
En este trabajo expondremos cómo la incorporación de los Principios Rectores del
Profesor Ruggie en la operativa empresarial a través de la aprobación de planes

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