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Non-state actors include organizations and individuals that are not affiliated with, directed by, or funded through the government. These include corporations, private financial institutions, and NGOs, as well as paramilitary and armed resistance groups. In the context of human rights and particularly ESCR advocacy, there has been an increasing focus on the human rights responsibilities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises.
Globalization…Transnational corporations, with operations in various countries, wield enormous power (even over countries' domestic economic policies) that challenges traditional state-based mechanisms of accountability. As countries compete with one another for investment, often relaxing labor and environmental standards, some become unwilling or unable to adequately protect human rights. In addition to direct violations of human rights, corporations and banks risk becoming complicit in violations of human rights when they invest in countries facing violent conflict, struggles over resources, and governmental corruption and abuses of power.
https://www.escr-net.org/resources/non-state-actors