Claudia Müller-Hoff and Carolijn Terwindt

Claudia Müller-Hoff, LL.M. is a German-licensed advocate who specialized in international law at Warwick, England. She currently coordinates the ECCHR Business and Human Rights program which she first joined in 2009 and rejoined in 2016. She worked for several years in Latin America, as brigadista as well as country coordinator at Peace Brigades International (2004-8) and as a consultant with the human rights organization Colectivo de Abogados “José Alvear Restrepo” (2014-15).

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“Anyone can make claims” – Is the KiK case proof of access to remedy against corporate human rights violations?

“Anyone can make claims” – Is the KiK case proof of access to remedy against corporate human rights violations?

There are many hurdles preventing victims of corporate rights abuses overseas from bringing claims in European courts against European companies and accessing an effective remedy. The claim against German retailer KiK is one of the ...