The discussion on the need for mandatory human rights due diligence (HRDD) requirements has permeated the interests of policy makers, civil society organizations and international organizations. The current trend on the adoption of domestic legislation concerning HRDD standards shows a variety...

The discussion on the need for mandatory human rights due diligence (HRDD) requirements has permeated the interests of policy makers, civil society organizations and international organizations. The current trend on the adoption of domestic legislation concerning HRDD standards shows a variety...

This research is a critical assessment of the United Nations’ Guidelines on Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence with respect to prior attempts to damage corporations using Corporate Social Responsibility. As the history of human rights violations shows, the impact of the United Nations was...

This paper discusses an effort of creative lawyering by a Working Group of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association to help enable business clients to prevent and mitigate human rights abuse in their supply chains. A Working Group of the Business Section of the American Bar...

This paper discusses how human rights due diligence (“HRDD”) applies to the prevention and mitigation of social conflict in the Peruvian mining industry. Peru is one of the world’s largest producers of copper, gold, and zinc. Its mining industry accounts for ten percent of Peru’s gross...

Corporate human rights due diligence is now a social fact; it is no longer merely an idea or aspiration. This paper uses economist Frank H. Knight’s famous, albeit controversial, distinction between risk and uncertainty to help elucidate foundational concepts and challenges for the theory,...

After decades of debate, new global norms are emerging in the field of human rights that clearly define a company's social responsibility. The UN and the OECD have adopted these new standards which impose a due diligence duty on companies to avoid human rights abuses related to the corporate...

The new proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive will require that certain parent companies must conduct due diligence in their subsidiaries. To comply a parent company needs to determine which subsidiaries are covered by these duties, how to conduct this due diligence and...