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How mandatory human rights due diligence could safeguard women homeworkers working within global supply chains
Lucy Brill and Shanta Bhavnani of Homeworkers Worldwide looks at how HRDD legislation can be designed that is sensitive to the situation of homeworkers in supply chains.
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Human rights due diligence legislation: New hope for victims of land grabs in Cambodia?
Mandatory due diligence laws may offer opportunity for redress for communities affected by longstanding patterns of abuse in their supply chains, write Inclusive Development International's Coleen Scott and Sarah Singh
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What if mandatory human rights due diligence had existed before Rana Plaza?
As labour organisations call on brands to support the continuation of the Bangladesh Accord, Clean Clothes Campaign's Neva Nahtigal imagines how meaningful mandatory due diligence could have changed the course of the Rana Plaza disaster
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Amidst the trend towards mandatory due diligence, the Bangladesh Accord model should not be abandoned
Amidst a trend towards mandatory due diligence legislation, Joseph Wilde-Ramsing argues the legally binding Bangladesh Accord model should not be abandoned, but used as a blueprint for expansion.
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We need a UK law to stop companies profiting from destruction and abuse
Last month, the European Union took a major step towards passing a new law to stop businesses from abusing human rights and destroying the environment around the world. The EU’s proposed ‘corporate due diligence’ law would help to tackle the widespread abuse of workers and the environment in the supply chains of European companies. This progress in Europe accentuates the failure of the UK government to take similar action.
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First court decision in the climate litigation against Total: a promising interpretation of the French Duty of Vigilance Law
On the 4th anniversary of the French Duty of Vigilance Law, Lucie Chatelain from Sherpa considers the recent order against Total and explores what this would mean for future litigations
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It's time for the EU to clean up corporate supply chains
"While we cannot undo the collapse of Rana Plaza, pollution in the Niger delta or the deaths of migrant workers in Qatar, the COVID-19 crisis has offered us a chance to rethink and redesign global value chains" – Members of European Parliament Lara Wolters, Manon Aubry, Pascal Durand and Heidi Hautala after the plenary vote on the corporate due diligence and accountability report
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EU mandatory due diligence legislation: What investors need to know and why they should care
"We are now at a watershed moment, and responsible companies and investors stand to gain when reform comes into effect. However, tangible benefits for workers and communities around the world will be the only real measure of success. They have been waiting for this moment too long already."
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Business and Human Rights Legislation and the Enforcement Question
In this blog Nick De Mulder summarises the key findings of a paper by Kingsley Napley and Dr Rachel Chambers on how a compulsory UK human rights due diligence law could improve the enforcement and legal landscape for victims of cross-border human rights abuses.
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"Don't shoot the messenger": Protection against reprisals under the proposed EU due diligence legislation
Safe stakeholder engagement is key to ensuring effective implementation of forthcoming EU due diligence legislation, writes Tove Holmström. Individuals, groups and organisations that expose business-associated impacts need better protections,
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