The UK Government has published its response to a public consultation on the issue of transparency in supply chains. The response commits...
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This year’s OECD Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct kicked off last week, focusing on responsible business conduct in the...
The Supreme Court of Canada recently delivered a long-awaited decision in Nevsun Resources v Araya et al, 2020 SCC 5 , refusing to strike...
Last month the UK government published guidance to help public authorities identify and mitigate the risks of modern slavery in their...
By: Mina Aryobsei, Iris Hammerschmid, Marius Scherb and Marlen Vesper-GräskeIn Switzerland, calls for a law to hold corporations liable...
On 14 May 2019, the Dutch Senate took a historic step by adopting the Child Labour Due Diligence Law (Wet zorgplicht kinderarbeid) and –...
At the end of May, the Final Report of the Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act) was laid before Parliament. One of...
For over four years, a UN Working Group has been working towards a legally binding convention to regulate the activities of transnational...
The roles played by investors, corporates and state-owned enterprises were in the spotlight on Day 3 of the UN Forum. A key theme was...
A focus on human rights due diligence continued into Day 2 of the UN Forum, highlighting the importance of factoring gender...
Key players in the business and human rights world congregate in Geneva this week for the annual UN Forum. Hard on the heels of the UN...
The United Nations Working Group on business and human rights has published a report on trends in human rights due diligence,...