PART I: THE CONVENIENCE AND POSSIBILITY OF ADOPTING A TREATY ON BUSINESS AND HUIMAN RIGHTS. Alternative paths to a business and human rights treaty / Surya Deva. A defence of direct international human rights obligations of (all) corporations / Nicolás Carrillo-Santarelli. A treaty on business and human rights: problems and prospects / Chiara Macchi. PART II: CRITICAL ANALYSES OF A TREATY ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS. Considering a treaty on corporations and human rights: mostly failures but with a glimmer of success. 'Band-Aids don't fix bullet holes': in defence of a traditional state-centric approach / Tara L Van Ho. Voluntary vs. binding: civil society claim for a binding instrument / Ana María Suárez Franco, Daniel Fyfe. PART III: REGIONAL APPROACHES. Business human rights in the Americas: defining a Latin American route to corporate responsability / Humberto Cantú Rivera. The applicability of human rights treaties to business enterprises: a case study of India / Manoj Kumar Sinha. Reckless business: corporate accountability for atrocities / Dan Kuwali. European perspectives on the business and human rights treaty iniciative / Jernej Letnar Cernic. PART IV: LESSONS FROM OTHER REGIMES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. A convention or a recommendation? The experience of international labour legislation / Ago Shin-Ichi. Lessons for the treaty process from the international law commission and internationsl environmental law / Sara L. Seck. Conclusion.