The European Parliament will host a joint hearing on ‘Business and human rights in EU External Policies: due diligence, non-financial reporting and access to remedies’ tomorrow 3 May. The activity has been co-organised by the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on International Trade of the Parliament. It has the purpose of boosting the
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The European Agency for Fundamental Rights publishes its Opinion “Improving Access to Remedy in the area of business and human rights at the EU level”.
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On the 3rd of April, the Council of Europe, after reaching an agreement with the European Parliament, adopted a regulation obliging EU companies to source their imports of tin, tantalum and gold responsibly. The Regulation, which will become binding from 1 January 2021, also requires companies to ensure that their supply chains do not contribute
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The Constitutional body has given green light to the French law that will require largest companies domiciled in this country to adopt plans to identify and prevent their human rights and environmental impacts. The body supervising the conformity of French law with their Constitution has filed today its decision on the appeal presented by a
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Indago joins the statement signed by more than 75 collectives and academics calling on the French Constitutional Council to stand by the law that will require big French companies to prevent their human rights impacts. Last 21 February, the French Parliament adopted a corporate law of vigilance, that will require the French largest enterprises to
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The French Parliament has adopted a law that will require French large companies to identify and prevent their human rights and environmental impacts. The national Assembly (French Parliament) adopted the text of the “law regarding the duty of vigilance of parent and contracting companies” on 21st of February. The norm will require big companies domiciled
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On the 7th of February, the Dutch Parliament passed the Dutch Child Labour Due Diligence Law, which will entry into force on January, 1, 2020. This law requires Dutch and Foreign companies that deliver their products or services to the Dutch market at least twice a year, to submit a single statement declaring that they
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