Das Leben riecht nach Regen (German Edition)

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  • Welcome to the Heart of Gold Hostel Berlin!
  • Press Releases
  • The ultimate glossary of German idioms and their English translations

    • Dina Grohmann University of Regensburg , Prof. Jelle Hendrix University of Hasselt, Dr. Wiseman McGill University and Prof.

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    Or see our FAQ for further reasons on why you should book directly with us. Right in the center of Berlin , the Heart of Gold Hostel Berlin is the ideal base from which to explore the city.

    Make new friends from all around the world and meet real Berliners at reception, making your visit that much more worthwhile. We offer a wide selection of rooms for every need and budget: Most of our services are free — including hot showers, towels, bedsheets, WiFi, guest kitchen, luggage storage, city maps and of course tips on where to go and what to do in Berlin. We even have a Biergarten set up during the summer months.

    Additional paid services include a breakfast-buffet from 8: The German civilian foreman of the Krupp Company kept rushing us and we were all so terrified that if we stopped or slowed down we would be put in [a] crematorium that we worked to the last ounce of our strength. The diet was extremely inadequate. Only bad meat, such as horse meat or meat that had been rejected by veterinarians as infected with tuberculosis germs, was passed out in these camps. Clothing, too, was altogether inadequate.

    Foreigners from the east worked and slept in the same clothing in which they arrived. Normally all of them had to use their blankets as coats in cold and wet weather. Many had to walk to work barefoot, even in winter. A few German business leaders were tried for these crimes at Nuremberg including Krupp — though, in a political decision, he was released only three years after being convicted and his fortune restored to him.

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    The process of denazification focused on the state rather than the private sector. Instead, we have the sad reality that many in German industry fail to recognise their historic moral responsibility and instead actively lobby to ensure the government opposes a treaty initiative that is meant to protect the fundamental rights of individuals against unscrupulous businesses.

    Some readers may wonder what am I speaking about: Even if this is so, the nature of business today is global — as the recent trade disputes with the United States indicate, the markets for German goods extend way beyond its borders. And, so too, goods today are produced in complex chains that cross borders. That leads to the potential for violations of human rights by businesss in countries who are unable or unwilling to impose adequate regulations.

    Consider, for instance, the description of what took place in Myanmar during the s in the construction of a major oil pipeline that was a joint venture between the multinationals Total and Unocal. Raj based on court documents describes how,. Thousands of villagers were forced to cut down trees, dig out stumps, and build barracks and helipads, or risk fatal consequences. Those villagers who refused, attempted to escape, or could not physically manage to sustain the brutal conditions, were subject to beatings, rape, torture, and extra-judicial killings.

    This quote is just one instance of how thousands of people have had their lives destroyed by the activities of multi-national corporations. A major gas leak in Bhopal, India and oil spills in Oganiland, Nigeria ongoing over decades have killed, maimed and caused lasting environmental damage. Garment workers desperate for an income were forced to work in an unsafe building in Bangladesh by employers and, eventually, of them died when the building collapsed These are just some of the well-known examples of rights violations on the part of corporations.

    The ultimate glossary of German idioms and their English translations

    Yet, people affected by these severe harms have, generally, struggled to hold the perpetrators to account and receive damages to ameliorate their suffering. The existing soft instruments at the global level — such as the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights — lack the necessary legal weight to offer a clear solution, given they do not have binding force nor do they require compliance.

    That is why the leading human rights NGOs around the world in a massive conglomeration called the Treaty Alliance , together with many luminary academics are calling for a treaty between states on business and human rights that would seek to prevent human rights violations by businesses from occurring and ensure they do not go unpunished or at least uncompensated.

    Such a treaty is necessary given the need to address a number of problems in international law that have prevented victims of human rights violations from being able to gain remedies against errant corporations.

    The first of these is that international law has traditionally been built on the idea that each state is sovereign within its own domain and required to hold responsible those who commit wrongs within its jurisdiction. However, such an understanding is less well equipped to address wrong-doers who cross borders: Suing a corporation in the country where a wrong is committed may thus fail to affect the real centre of power or wealth.