Anneloes Hoff is a DPhil candidate at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and St Antony’s College, University of Oxford. Her doctoral research, funded by the ESRC, is an ethnographic study of corporate-community relations in the Colombian mining sector. She is the founder and co-convener of the Oxford Business and Human Rights Network: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/node/18234.
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Dutch child labour due diligence law: a step towards mandatory human rights due diligence
On 14 May 2019, the Dutch Senate adopted the Child Labour Due Diligence Law [Wet zorgplicht kinderarbeid]. The law requires companies selling goods or services to Dutch consumers to identify and prevent child labour in their supply ...
Courts and Climate Change II: Appeals Court Upholds Landmark Ruling in Dutch Climate Case
The Hague Court of Appeals has upheld its human rights-based landmark ruling in the historic Climate Case that orders the Dutch government to accelerate its reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The decision came one day after the ...
Nigerian Farmers Can Sue Shell in Dutch Court: Precedent for Transnational Cases against Multinationals
A recent ruling by the Court of Appeal in The Hague signals new hope on the horizon for victims seeking a judicial remedy for corporate negligence or human rights abuse. On 18 December 2015, the Dutch court ruled that four Nigerian ...
Courts and Climate Change: Breakthrough for Judicial Activism in the Netherlands
The 24th of June 2015 was a historic day for climate litigation: the district court in The Hague ordered the Dutch government to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% by 2020 (as compared to 1990 levels). This is the ...
