Covid-19’s potentially devastating impact motivated unrivalled global efforts to develop vaccines, which the World Health Organization (WHO) identified as the most effective protection against the disease. Although largely viewed positively, there has been notable mistrust and hesitancy due to concerns about health-related risks associated with Covid-19 vaccines. This has raised questions in the employment context as some employers have quickly moved towards making vaccines mandatory.

In “Fundamental Rights and the Legal Obligations of Business”, David Bilchitz considers how to improve the global framework surrounding corporate obligations to ensure greater guidance on the content of these obligations as well as better decision-making both within corporations and national institutions. ALM caught up with Prof Bilchitz to ask him more about his new book.