Business and human rights: The challenge of putting principles into practice and regulating global supply chains.

This article examines a company's responsibility to respect human rights, focusing in particular on corporate global supply chains. While global supply chains have long been associated with a range of human rights violations, a number of recent legislative initiatives both in Australia and elsewhere are applying traditional corporate concepts -- such as due diligence and reporting -- in a human rights framework, to ensure companies respect human rights wherever they operate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]