On 14 May 2019, the Dutch Senate took a historic step by adopting the Child Labour Due Diligence Law (Wet zorgplicht kinderarbeid) and –...
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On Monday, the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) released its widely anticipated pilot assessment of the human rights performance...
On 22 November 2016, the European Parliament, Commission and Council reached an informal agreement on the final shape of an EU Regulation...
Co-authored with Alma Zadic and Emily Holland Last week representatives from Freshfields attended the fifth annual UN Forum on Business...
On 1 November 2016, the International Bar Association (IBA) launched the Reference Annex to the IBA Practical Guide on Business and Human...
The UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) highlights the important role that the private sector can play in addressing modern...
Co-authored with Alexandra Malina The corporate responsibility NGO CORE, working in conjunction with several major international NGOs,...
Recently we have focused on legislation concerning companies’ responsibilities to their supply chains, and jurisdictions where comparable...
The reporting requirements introduced by the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act (TISCA) and the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015...
On 18 March 2016 the UK Home Office issued new Guidance on the duty to notify the government of instances of modern slavery or human...
The first comprehensive project to assess and rank the world’s largest publicly listed companies on their commitment to human rights has...