Business and Human Rights in Europe

International Law Challenges

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Transnational business activities are important drivers of growth for developing and the least developed countries. However, they can also negatively impact the enjoyment of human rights. In some cases, multinational enterprises (MNEs) have even been accused of grave human rights abuses in the territory of the states where their subsidiaries operate. Since the parent companies of many MNEs are incorporated under the law of European states, those countries’ domestic law and the European legal framework play a crucial role in establishing how their activities should be conducted – also throughout their supply chains – and which remedies will be available when corporate human rights violations occur. In recent years, the European Union, the Council of Europe and their Member States have been adopting policies and legislation to ensure respect for human rights by businesses and have developed a body of related case law. These legal instruments can be considered the European responses to the challenges posed at international-law level, and they constitute the focus of research of this book. Through its collected chapters – written by scholars and practitioners under the direction of the editor, Angelica Bonfanti – the book identifies the European solutions to the business and human rights international legal issues, provides an overall assessment of their effectiveness, and examines their potential evolution.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-06-30
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt530 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieTransnational Law and Governance
Antal sidor264
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367586034

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Notes on ContributorsForeword Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction Angelica Bonfanti2 Sustainable Development Goals in Europe and Their Intersection with the Business and Human Rights FrameworkPaolo Davide Farah3 Managing Global Interdependencies through Law and Governance: The European Approach to Business and Human RightsDaniel AugensteinPart IThe State Duty to Protect Human Rights: The European Perspective4 Enforcing the State Duty to Protect under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Strasbourg ViewsMarco Fasciglione5 Are European Home States of Transnational Corporations Responsible for Their Impacts Abroad under the ECHR?Claire Methven O ’ Brien6 The Duty to Protect in Public Procurement: Toward a Mandatory Human Rights Clause?Deborah Russo7 The EU’s Promotion of Human Rights and Sustainable Development through PTAs as a Tool to Influence Business Regulation in Third CountriesLeonardo Borlini8 National Action Plans: A Pathway to Effective Implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles?Marta BordignonPart IIThe Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights: European Approaches9 European Approaches to Promoting Responsible Supply ChainsCindy S . Woods10 Due Diligence, Reporting and Transparency in Supply Chains: The United Kingdom Modern Slavery Act Olga Martin- Ortega11 Blending Together Human Rights Due Diligence with ‘Criminal’ Law: Opportunities and Pitfalls of the Italian Solution Paola Cavanna12 From Human Rights Due Diligence to Duty of Vigilance: Taking the French Example to the EU LevelTiphaine Beau de Loménie, Sandra Cossart and P aige Morrow13 Corporate Human Rights Compliance and Disinvestment: Lessons from the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth FundLudovica C hiussi14 EU Approaches on ‘Conflict Minerals’: Are They Consistent with the UN/OECD Supply Chain Due Diligence Standards?Valentina Grado15 ICT Companies’ Responsibility to Respect Human Rights: Remarks in the Light of the EU General Data Protection Regulation Angelica BonfantiPart IIIAccess to Remedy in Europe16 Access to Remedy for the Victims of Corporate-Related Human Rights Abuse: Assessing the Contribution of the Fundamental Rights Agency Carmen Márquez Carrasco17 Adjudicate This! Foreign Direct Liability and Civil Jurisdiction in Europe Lucas Roorda18 The Civil Liability of the Parent Company for the Acts or Omissions of Its Subsidiary: The Example of the Shell Cases in the UK and the NetherlandsClaire Bright19 Corporate Liability and Human Rights: Access to Criminal Judicial Remedies in Europe Adriana Espinosa González and Marta Sosa Navarro20 European Trends in Tort Law Remedies to Address Corporate Human Rights Abuses Florentine VosConcluding Remarks Angelica BonfantiIndex