This study assesses the arguments of United Nations Special Representative for Business and Human Rights, Mr. John Ruggie, found in his paper: Protect, Respect and Remedy: a Framework for Business and Human Rights. The author concludes that Ruggie’s vision continues to be in conflict with the basic concepts of democracy and of long-term sustainability. In his report, Mr. Ruggie identifies the governance gaps created by market globalisation between the markets’ footprint on human rights and society’s capacity to manage it, as the root cause of the increasing abuse of human rights, and regards bridging these gaps as our fundamental challenge. Ruggie's critic suggess that the State's ability to impose a regulatory framework that effectively protects human rights from corporate malfeasance is deficient. With a response from Mr. Ruggie. In English and Spanish.
