The supranational collective bargaining as a mechanism for the protection and reparation of workers human rights violated by transnational corporations

Authors

  • Danielle Anne Pamplona Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, PUCPR, Brasil
  • Cássio Bruno Castro Souza Faculdade Católica de Rondônia, FCR, Brasil

Abstract

The transnationalization of companies makes it difficult to hold them accountable for human rights violations against their workers. In this article, we reflected on the potential of supranational collective bargaining as a mechanism for the promotion and reparation of labor human rights. It has been found that supranational collective bargaining has been used since the 1990s in Europe and South America to create labor rights for employees living in the European Union or Mercosur. The work shows that the difficulties of corporate accountability are reduced when legal duties are assigned by collective bargaining, whose content is accepted as mandatory in a given community of countries.

Keywords:

Negotiation; Supranational; Human rights; Companies.

Author Biographies

Danielle Anne Pamplona, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, PUCPR, Brasil

Doutora em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Professora Titular do Programa de Pós-Graduação (Mestrado/Doutorado) em Direito da PUCPR. Coordenadora da Clínica de Direitos Humanos da PUCPR. Membro da Diretoria da Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association

Cássio Bruno Castro Souza, Faculdade Católica de Rondônia, FCR, Brasil

Cássio Bruno Castro Souza. Mestrando em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná. Professor de Direito da Faculdade Católica de Rondônia. Advogado e Procurador do Estado de Rondônia