Indago presents a paper entitled “Corporate liability and human rights: what responses do civil and criminal liability offer in the EU?” at the “International Conference on Business and Human Rights, International law challenges, European responses”, held at the University of Milan. On May 29-30, the University of Milan hosted the International Conference on Business and
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On the 21st of April, the European Parliament adopted the Resolution on the EU Flagship Initiative on the garment sector. This text reflects the increasing concerns in respect of supply chain transparency in the global textile sector and is said to have been triggered by the Rana Plaza collapse in 2013. Among other interesting features,
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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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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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Indago participates in the conference “Worldwide resistance and alternatives to free trade”, organized by GUE/NGL. The European Parliament hosted the conference “Worldwide resistance and alternatives to free trade” on 7th and 8th of December. The event was organized by the European Parliamentary Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) with the purpose of
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The Faculty of Law of the University of Seville hosted the “International Conference on Business and Human Rights”, celebrated between the 20-21st of October 2016. The Conference, organised by the University of Seville, the Spanish Research Project DER2013-41956-P, the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and the BHRight Initiative, has addressed the challenges deriving from
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