HUMAN RIGHTS DUE DILIGENCE LAWS: KEY CONSIDERATIONS BRIEFING ON CIVIL LIABILITY FOR DUE DILIGENCE FAILURES

“Aiming to increase corporate respect for human rights throughout their global operations, some states have enacted or are considering new laws to require or encourage businesses to undertake human rights …

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The 2020 Draft UN Business and Human Rights Treaty–Steady Progress Towards Historic Failure

“It is not only appropriate, but essential, then, to seek to establish within the framework of the UN human rights system a universal normative platform to facilitate the evaluation and …

Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: options of monitoring, enforcing and remedy under the future EU legislation

In 2020 the EU Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders expressed a commitment to legislate mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence obligations for EU companies.  This commitment in turn flows from the …

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BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A handbook for legal practitioners

The handbook follows the “three-pillar” structure of the UNGPs. Accordingly it is organised into three main sections. Chapter 1 addresses the state duty to protect against business-related human rights abuses. …

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