"EU Fundamental Rights Agency Calls for Better Access to Remedies through Criminal Justice", 27 Apr 2017

[T]he Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA)...formulated 21 specific opinions on what actions the EU should undertake to increase access to remedies in the field of business and human rights....[Such as] facilitating access to legal aid for victims...improving access to remedy in extra-territorial cases, strengthening the role of non-judicial mechanisms in the business and human rights field, and improving data collection on complaints and compensation...The EU is...strongly advised to make “greater efforts to ensure proper implementation in the Member States of the existing EU criminal law instruments[”]...[T]he EU can [also] play “a unique role” in facilitating cross-border investigations...[and] must adopt a more proactive approach...