In this post, we examine the new Modern Slavery Bill announced in the 2022 Queen’s Speech, a recent report published by the UK Financial...
Freshfields Sustainability
Michael Quayle
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
London, United Kingdom
"...the inherent dignity and... the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice...
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...
The current backlog of cases at the European Court of Human Rights is a well-documented problem. Initiatives adopted in the last decade...
The Supreme Court has handed down its highly-anticipated judgment in Lungowe v Vedanta, a claim brought in the English courts by...
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 2018 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, released earlier this week, gives low scores to a surprisingly large number of the apparel,...