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Beyond Profit: Multinational Corporations, Structural Injustice, and the European Push for Reform

Scatton, Stephanie LU and Baroni, Eliana LU (2025) HARN63 20251
Department of Business Law
Abstract
This thesis aims to address the complex legal challenges related to the responsibility of multinational corporations for human rights violations and environmental harm in global supply chains. Starting from the context of increasing pressure on transnational businesses and the shortcomings of soft law instruments such as the UN Guiding Principles and the OECD Guidelines, the study examines the potential of the proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). The objective is to assess how the CSDDD tackles key issues such as extraterritoriality, access to justice, and corporate liability, also through an analysis of relevant European judicial cases (e.g., Pakistani Victims v. KiK, Okpabi v. Shell, Trafigura). The... (More)
This thesis aims to address the complex legal challenges related to the responsibility of multinational corporations for human rights violations and environmental harm in global supply chains. Starting from the context of increasing pressure on transnational businesses and the shortcomings of soft law instruments such as the UN Guiding Principles and the OECD Guidelines, the study examines the potential of the proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). The objective is to assess how the CSDDD tackles key issues such as extraterritoriality, access to justice, and corporate liability, also through an analysis of relevant European judicial cases (e.g., Pakistani Victims v. KiK, Okpabi v. Shell, Trafigura). The analysis explores how the CSDDD reflects previous EU case law and what impact it may have on access to justice and the harmonization of due diligence obligations. The conclusions indicate that, although the CSDDD represents a significant step forward in introducing binding obligations, limitations in its final scope and the lack of procedural harmonization risk perpetuating legal fragmentation and uneven access to justice for victims. (Less)
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author
Scatton, Stephanie LU and Baroni, Eliana LU
supervisor
organization
course
HARN63 20251
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, multinational corporations, supply chains, human rights, environmental harms, access to justice, corporate responsibility, extraterritoriality.
language
English
id
9196089
date added to LUP
2025-06-10 11:54:46
date last changed
2025-06-10 11:54:46
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  abstract     = {{This thesis aims to address the complex legal challenges related to the responsibility of multinational corporations for human rights violations and environmental harm in global supply chains. Starting from the context of increasing pressure on transnational businesses and the shortcomings of soft law instruments such as the UN Guiding Principles and the OECD Guidelines, the study examines the potential of the proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). The objective is to assess how the CSDDD tackles key issues such as extraterritoriality, access to justice, and corporate liability, also through an analysis of relevant European judicial cases (e.g., Pakistani Victims v. KiK, Okpabi v. Shell, Trafigura). The analysis explores how the CSDDD reflects previous EU case law and what impact it may have on access to justice and the harmonization of due diligence obligations. The conclusions indicate that, although the CSDDD represents a significant step forward in introducing binding obligations, limitations in its final scope and the lack of procedural harmonization risk perpetuating legal fragmentation and uneven access to justice for victims.}},
  author       = {{Scatton, Stephanie and Baroni, Eliana}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Beyond Profit: Multinational Corporations, Structural Injustice, and the European Push for Reform}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}