Should Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Be Based on Social Expectations?
A key tenet of business and human rights has become the introduction of mandatory human rights due diligence (HRDD), a process that attempts to introduce the essentials of due diligence...
The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 2
See Part 1 of this blog here: The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 1 | OHRH 1. Introduction This is the second part...
The EU Forced Labour Regulation: Reflections from a Human Rights Perspective – Part 1
1. Introduction Forced labour and child labour constitute serious human rights violations. Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market (“the Regulation”) entered into...
Now that the AI Act has been politically agreed, what’s next? …. Harmonised European Standards.
I have been working on behalf of Equinet, which holds liaison status in the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) Joint Technical Committee...
Business and Human Rights: A Cautious and Promising Interpretation of the French Vigilance Law
In rulings issued on 18 June 2024, the Paris Court of Appeal deemed admissible the actions brought by several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) against the French multinationals TotalEnergy and EDF on...
Responsabilidad Corporativa por Violaciones de Derechos Humanos Internacionales en las Cortes de los Estados Unidos: El Litigio de Chiquita Marcas
El 10 de junio de 2024, el innovador juicio federal estadounidense, Chiquita Marcas Internacional, Inc., Litigio por el Estatuto de Agravio para Extranjeros y Litigio Derivativo de Accionistas, declaró a...
Corporate Accountability for International Human Rights Violations in US Courts: The Chiquita Brands Litigation
On 10 June 2024, the groundbreaking US federal trial, Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Alien Tort Statute and Shareholders Derivative Litigation, found the banana corporation guilty of the deaths of eight...
Addressing Gender-based Violence in Supply Chains – Judy Fudge on the Dindigul Agreement
Oxford Human Rights Hub · Addressing Gender-based Violence in Supply Chains – Judy Fudge on the Dindigul Agreement In today’s episode we speak to Judy fudge, professor in Labor Studies...
Beyond Bogus Self-Employment: the EU Platform Work Directive’s Presumption of Employment, and its Implications for the Future of Employment Rights in the Gig Economy
On 11 March 2024, the European Union’s employment and social affairs ministers voted to adopt the Platform Work Directive (‘PWD’). First proposed by the Commission in December 2021, the Directive...
Green Reparations at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: The La Oroya Judgment
The La Oroya judgment, delivered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) on 27 November 2023, but only published late March 2024, constitutes an important legal first in the...
The Indian Telecommunication Act, 2023: A Beacon of Security or a Shroud on Liberty?
With the enactment of the Telecommunication Act 2023 (“Act”), there has been a tectonic shift in India’s telecommunication landscape. The Act supersedes the Indian Telegraph Act 1885 and the Indian...
The Indian Puttaswamy Judgments: Privacy Rights at Stake in the Pursuit of Social Security
Lately, the Indian government has attempted to completely digitise social welfare schemes, such as ration cards, pensions or health schemes by requiring beneficiaries to link their Aadhaar IDs (that is,...
