This thesis is concerned with determining the effectiveness of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the contexts where the host state is either unwilling or unable to fulfill...Show moreThis thesis is concerned with determining the effectiveness of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the contexts where the host state is either unwilling or unable to fulfill its duty to protect. Through conducting an analysis of the conduct of garment sector companies in Myanmar and the commitments of their home states, this thesis finds that home states remain reluctant to regulate the conduct of their businesses abroad and that businesses themselves are insufficiently incentivised to apply all the recommendations set out in the UNGP's. In contexts that lack effective regulation by the host state this is problematic as it creates governance gaps in which human rights violations conducted by foreign corporations are insufficiently prevented, addressed and/or remediated.Show less
