The legal framework for the implementation of mandatory human rights due diligence in EU
(2019) LAGF03 20191Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract
- Due to globalisation, many companies, inevitably operate in several countries across multiple jurisdictions. Some are at times operating in post-conflict areas or in industries causing environmental harm. The production of multinational enterprises is often organised in long supply chains. These complex supply chains and complicated corporate structures could aggravate the process of attributing responsibility to parent companies or sub-contracting operators. Several international soft law instruments have been developed in attempts to put pressure on governments but also on private corporations to respect and uphold human rights standards in their supply chains. One approach that is gaining ground is the one for the implementation of... (More)
- Due to globalisation, many companies, inevitably operate in several countries across multiple jurisdictions. Some are at times operating in post-conflict areas or in industries causing environmental harm. The production of multinational enterprises is often organised in long supply chains. These complex supply chains and complicated corporate structures could aggravate the process of attributing responsibility to parent companies or sub-contracting operators. Several international soft law instruments have been developed in attempts to put pressure on governments but also on private corporations to respect and uphold human rights standards in their supply chains. One approach that is gaining ground is the one for the implementation of human rights due diligence. While some leading companies make explicit commitments to improve the conditions in their supply chains the application of developed international soft law instruments are maintained on a voluntary level.
The European Union has introduced and implemented two regulations, not explicitly referred to as human rights due diligence but characterised as mandatory due diligence measures - The EU Timber Regulation and the Conflict Minerals Regulation. In the light of these regulations on due diligence obligation this paper explores the possibilities and the EU legal framework for implementing a general cross-sectoral human rights due diligence system but also other sector-specific due diligence measures.
Although a general cross-sectoral human rights due diligence in EU could be difficult to implement, other sector-specific supply chain due diligence could still be enforced. Especially regulations that are similar to the already implemented regulations on EU level. (Less) - Popular Abstract (Swedish)
- Ökad globalisering leder till att företag verkar och agerar i flera länder och under flera olika jurisdiktioner. Vissa är ibland verksamma i post-konfliktområden eller i industrier som orsakar negativa miljökonsekvenser. Produktionen i multinationella företag organiseras ofta i långa leverantörskedjor. Dessa komplexa leverantörskedjor och komplicerade företagsstrukturer kan försvåra processen att tillskriva moderföretag eller underleverantörer ett ansvar. Flera internationella soft law-instrument har utvecklats i försök att driva på regeringar, men även privata företag, att respektera och upprätthålla mänskliga rättigheter i leverantörskedjorna. Ett tillvägagångssätt som har fått ökad betydelse är genomförandet av ’human rights due... (More)
- Ökad globalisering leder till att företag verkar och agerar i flera länder och under flera olika jurisdiktioner. Vissa är ibland verksamma i post-konfliktområden eller i industrier som orsakar negativa miljökonsekvenser. Produktionen i multinationella företag organiseras ofta i långa leverantörskedjor. Dessa komplexa leverantörskedjor och komplicerade företagsstrukturer kan försvåra processen att tillskriva moderföretag eller underleverantörer ett ansvar. Flera internationella soft law-instrument har utvecklats i försök att driva på regeringar, men även privata företag, att respektera och upprätthålla mänskliga rättigheter i leverantörskedjorna. Ett tillvägagångssätt som har fått ökad betydelse är genomförandet av ’human rights due diligence’. Trots att vissa företag redan tar till metoder i syfte att förbättra villkoren i leverantörskedjorna, tillämpas internationella soft law-instrument främst fortfarande på frivillig basis.
Europeiska unionen har implementerat två förordningar som inkluderar tvingande ’due diligence’- regler: EU:s timmerförordning och konflikmineralsförordningen. I ljuset av dessa två regleringar ämnar uppsatsen att undersöka EU:s juridiska ramverk för att implementera liknande förordningar i andra sektorer.
Även om det är svårt att implementera en generell ’human rights due diligence’-reglering i EU utifrån det befintliga juridiska ramverket, kan sektorspecifika leverantörskedjor ändå fortsätta introduceras. Särskilt lagstiftning som liknar de redan implementerade förordningarna på EU-nivå. (Less)
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- author
- Öztürk, Derya LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- LAGF03 20191
- year
- 2019
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Human rights due diligence, conflict minerals, timber regulation, legal basis, sustainable development, trade, EU
- language
- English
- id
- 8977397
- date added to LUP
- 2019-09-16 14:30:32
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The European Union has introduced and implemented two regulations, not explicitly referred to as human rights due diligence but characterised as mandatory due diligence measures - The EU Timber Regulation and the Conflict Minerals Regulation. In the light of these regulations on due diligence obligation this paper explores the possibilities and the EU legal framework for implementing a general cross-sectoral human rights due diligence system but also other sector-specific due diligence measures.
Although a general cross-sectoral human rights due diligence in EU could be difficult to implement, other sector-specific supply chain due diligence could still be enforced. Especially regulations that are similar to the already implemented regulations on EU level.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The legal framework for the implementation of mandatory human rights due diligence in EU}},
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