Legal brief on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence

By Claire Bright, Laura Íñigo Álvarez, Ana Duarte, Rafaela Oliveira, Sara Rentroia Pacheco and Benedita Sequeira

Abstract:

Originally introduced in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the concept of human rights due diligence has been gaining traction in recent years as an increasing number of stakeholders have been calling for new binding regulation on the subject. This legal brief aims to explain what human rights and environmental due diligence means, and to outline the current legislative developments in the field both at the national and at the European level.

The legal brief is available in English, Portuguese and in Spanish.

Published:
2021

Online available:
novabhre.novalaw.unl.pt