Essays about: "Vanina Eckert"

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  1. 1. The French Attempt to Legalize Human Rights Due Diligence: Is France leading the European Union in Business and Human Rights?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Vanina Eckert; [2016]
    Keywords : human rights; business and human rights; human rights due diligence; extraterritoriality; global supply chains; access to remedies; France; duty of vigilance; parent companies; ordering companies; European Union; United Nations Guiding Principles; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis is a comprehensive analysis of the different regulatory designs and arguments shaping French law in order to hold French businesses liable for their human rights abuses occurring in global supply chains. It focuses on the innovative law proposal on the duty of vigilance for parent and ordering companies currently debated within the French Parliament, and France’s potential to make human rights due diligence mandatory at the domestic and at the European Union (EU) level. READ MORE