The German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz; the Act) entered into force on 1 January 2023 for the...
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With the final deliberations of the German Bundesrat on 25 June 2021, the German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (the Act) has officially...
This year marks the 'International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour'. In recognition of this, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer...
After several months of intra-governmental discussions, a first official legislative proposal on a Human Rights Supply Chain Duty of Care...
On the International Human Rights Day in December 2020, our German-speaking offices hosted an online panel discussion with key executives...
As reported, the European Commission announced earlier this year that it would present a legislative proposal on mandatory human rights...
Since the introduction of the UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights in 2011, business and human rights have become increasingly...
On 22 June 2020 the Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Parliament (EP) discussed and published two related policy briefings on the...
The 2020 OECD Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct recently concluded with attention focused on access to remedies and the role...
At a recent news conference, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said, ‘The numbers take your breath away. This is a call to action.’ It is now...
The European Commission has published the results of its study on due diligence requirements through the supply chain. The study draws on...
On June 8, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a final rule in the Federal Register (the official, daily journal of the...