The Legal Responsibilities of Multinational Corporations in Human Rights Protection

With the development of international trade, multinational corporations plays a vital role in commercial activities. However, the multinational corporations profit-based mentality makes the forced labor problem really severe, which violates the workers basic human rights. Based on the principle of personal responsibility, corporate social responsibility and the balance of interests, multinational corporations have a necessary and irreplaceable responsibility to prevent forced labor issues and protect labor rights. Therefore, this article explores the causes of human rights violations by multinational corporations in international commercial transactions. Specifically, the complicated supply chains of multinational corporations make it difficult to supervise human rights violations. Meanwhile, they often evade their responsibilities by using independent legal personality irrational and failing to conduct their due diligence. Based on the analysis of these reasons, the article proposes to set up a well-developed system for piercing the veil of legal entities, improving supply chains transparency, and adopting uniform human rights assessment standards to avoid forced labor issues. In short, giving labor protection suggestions for multinational corporations,this article can help multinational corporations better fulfill their human rights protection obligations.