In many parts of the world, human rights, including socio-economic rights, are already recognized. As a rule, persons affected by a human rights violation have the possibility to call those responsible to account through their national courts. In practice, however, the victims often face hurdles. Although some states have obligations to refrain from human rights violations and to actively work to protect human rights, national regulations often promote human rights violations in the interest of business. Especially in the international environment, there is often a lack of opportunities to bring those responsible to justice across national borders. The untransparent structures of corporations and their undefined responsibilities are often problematic. International corporations work with global supply chains and often have their products, or parts thereof, manufactured in developing countries in Africa, Latin America or Asia. Local working conditions are usually unsatisfactory, but governments often lack the will or the means to improve these practices. Foreign investors and companies play a major role in the growth and development of the country and thus in the prosperity of its citizens. Since there is also often a lack of awareness of a decent life, the conditions are often made attractive for companies in the hope that the country will benefit. However, this practice often only serves to exacerbate the unequal distribution of wealth in these countries. Jernej Letnar Černič has dealt with this issue in depth in his book and has shown where the problems lie. For example, he explained that victims have the best chances and opportunities in the regional courts of the countries where the corporations are based. This is a rather unsatisfactory solution, considering that, in practice, probably the fewest victims resort to it. Černič is therefore rightly calling for both the national and international legal environment to be improved so that victims have a proper opportunity to hold companies accountable, directly and indirectly. In particular, socio-economic rights need their own forum because of their particularities and sensitivity of their nature. Better access to justice, both nationally and internationally, would give victims a platform to protect their rights. Thus, this could also have a preventive effect on violations of rights, since it can be assumed that companies or even states will only act in this way because there are no binding consequences. The sanctioning of violations of rights, especially by companies, is sometimes rather inadequate and only possible via detours, which is why companies that do not necessarily enjoy great attention take advantage of this. However, it could already be stated that long-term sustainable development is based on the establishment and protection of human rights and socio-economic rights, including the associated expansion of infrastructure. In the long term, therefore, the goal should be to improve international and national access to justice for human and socio-economic rights in order not only to improve the lives of many of those affected, but also to promote those companies that are already actively engaged in the protection and upholding of these rights and may thus be at a disadvantage in the current competitive environment.
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