The respect of human rights and other requirements of legality of functions of multinational corporations

Multinational corporations’ lawfulness is very important today due to the huge role they play on the present international market. The article analyzes the main international law acts, which consolidate multinational corporations’ obligations before receiving states including the respect of human rights. The author considers the fulfillment of these obligations as the main requirement of the legality function of multinational corporations.

multinational corporations, lawfulness, legality, respect of human rights, codes of conduct, «soft» law