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The E.U. Advances a Watered-Down but Nonetheless Landmark Human Rights Draft Law – What This Means for Global Employers

Littler on 3/27/2024

This summer, the European Union is expected to finalize and pass a law – albeit in a materially different form from previous versions – that will place substantial human rights obligations on global employers. On March 15,...more

Growing convergence towards a hard law duty of care in the EU

Hogan Lovells on 3/29/2021

Recent years have seen a general move towards increased accountability and responsibility obligations imposed on businesses to respect human rights and prevent adverse impacts throughout the value chain. Nearly ten years...more

United Nations Takes Another Step in Developing a Treaty on Business and Human Rights

Littler on 11/6/2019

Since it was established in 2014, a United Nations Inter-Governmental Working Group (“IGWG”) has met annually to develop a multilateral treaty to attempt to hold businesses legally accountable for harms that may be related to...more

UN Working Group publishes revised draft of business and human rights treaty: commentary on scope, prevention and legal liability

Hogan Lovells on 7/26/2019

On 16 July, a UN working group published a revised draft of its business and human rights treaty (following the “Zero” Draft published in July last year). Our post looks at some of the key developments, with a particular...more

Private Equity and Human Rights

Hogan Lovells on 12/18/2018

Last week marked the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which seeks to provide "a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations". ...more

Blockchain: A new frontier in supply chain management

Hogan Lovells on 9/28/2018

The concept of human rights due diligence is at the heart of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (“UNGPs“) and is finding its way into a growing body of legislation around the world...more

Human trafficking: what is it and what does it mean for business?

Hogan Lovells on 7/31/2018

As part of the HLBaSE programme, Peter Hood from our Business and Human Rights (BHR) team mentored a group of lawyers advising tech start up RightsDD on the definitions of slavery and trafficking for their risk management...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - July 2018

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 7/27/2018

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: developments with respect to the proposed Australian Modern Slavery...more

OECD Releases Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 6/27/2018

On June 20, at the 2018 Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) formally launched its new Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct....more

Corporate Human Rights Benchmark Releases 2018 Methodology

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 3/28/2018

The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (“CHRB”) has released its 2018 research methodology, reflecting revisions to the 2016 methodology used to produce CHRB’s 2017 inaugural benchmarking report....more

BHR 360: highlights from 2017, and what to watch out for in 2018

Hogan Lovells on 2/21/2018

Welcome to the first edition of BHR 360, our bi-annual Business and Human Rights newsletter. Over the past year the international community has focused its attention on the third pillar of the UN Guiding Principles on...more

International Business and Human Rights Arbitration Proposal Gains Momentum

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 12/22/2017

Between November 27-29, over 2,000 delegates gathered in Geneva to attend the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights. The central theme of this year’s Forum was “Realizing Access to Effective Remedy,” which is the third Pillar...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - December 2017

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 12/8/2017

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: a revised Toolkit on National Action Plans on business and human...more

Switzerland: The next frontier for mandatory human rights due diligence?

Hogan Lovells on 12/1/2017

Proposals are being considered to amend the Swiss constitution to require mandatory human rights due diligence for companies based in Switzerland. This post considers the contents of the amendment, its progress and what Swiss...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - November 2017 #2

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 11/24/2017

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: a look ahead at the upcoming UN Forum on Business and Human Rights;...more

United Nations Continues its Development of a Treaty Imposing Liability on Companies for Human Rights Abuses

Littler on 11/10/2017

An ongoing debate exists regarding the nature and extent to which transnational companies should be held directly and legally liable for human rights impacts. Much of this debate has involved calls for additional regulation...more

A binding treaty on business and human rights? Still a way to go.

Hogan Lovells on 11/2/2017

Last week (23-27 October 2017), the third round of negotiations on a binding international treaty on business and human rights concluded. In this post we consider what (if any) progress has been made and what the sticking...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - October 2017

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 10/13/2017

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: a paper from on the proposed draft elements for an international...more

The responsibility to respect human rights in the banking sector

Hogan Lovells on 9/14/2017

The question of how the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) should apply to the banking and financial services sector is one that is attracting increasing attention. Indeed, the dialogue has intensified...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - Sept 2017

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 9/8/2017

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: a new report from the U.N. Working Group on Business and Human...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - June 2017

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 6/16/2017

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: the announcement of a new corporate alliance intended to advance...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - May 2017

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 5/26/2017

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: a new report on the state of corporate human rights reporting; the...more

Foley Hoag Releases Summary Report on Good Practices for Oil Pipelines, as Commissioned by the Dakota Access Consortium of Lenders

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 5/11/2017

On May 9, we released a public summary of our report “Good Practice for Managing the Social Impacts of Oil Pipelines in the United States.” The independent report was prepared by Amy Lehr, Cicely Parseghian, and Gare...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - April 2017

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 4/7/2017

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: an effort by Twitter to enjoin U.S. Government demands for...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - December 2016

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 12/16/2016

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: IHRB’s annual list of the Top 10 business and human rights issues...more

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