United Nations corporate law project

In 2009 the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights launched a Corporate Law project. The purpose was to examine company and securities laws in over 40 jurisdictions to determine the extent to which they recognised human rights. Questions were framed around around several broad themes including incorporation and listing, directors' duties, reporting and stakeholder engagement. The survey also sought background information concerning the legal and regulatory landscape in each jurisdiction.

An overview of the survey results was published last month: see here (pdf). Further background information (including completed surveys for some of the jurisdictions, e.g., UK, France, South Africa, India and Japan), is available here.