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4 in 5 of the British public support new laws to prevent exploitation of people in supply chains
Yaeno Fernandez Amano, Fellow at Anti-Slavery International, explores the latest polling results regarding modern slavery and supply chains.
UK Law Commission: Options Paper includes criminal offence of failure to prevent human rights abuses
The failure to hold to account criminally UK companies (and companies which operate in the UK and/or have UK listings) which are complicit in human rights abuses abroad stands in stark contrast to more promising developments in countries such as France, with the Lafarge case, and Sweden with the Lundin case.
Effectiveness of mandatory human rights due diligence
Policy briefing analysing the evidence base on the effectiveness of mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence.
New BIICL Report Looks at Preventing Human Rights Harms
As developments around mandatory human rights due diligence laws are taking place rapidly across Europe, the report considers the legal feasibility of introducing into UK law a corporate duty to prevent human rights harms.
Report: A legal opinion on Boohoo's supply chain and liability under an mHRDD law
A new legal opinion on Boohoo’s Leicester supply chain finds the fast fashion brand could have been held liable under a UK mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence law called for by rights groups.
Due Diligence and Transparency Legislation
This brief sets out the key requirements for strong and effective human rights due diligence legislation and practices to address the business drivers of forced labour along the supply chain.
Human Rights and Business 2017: Promoting responsibility and ensuring accountability
Report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the UK’s commitment to human rights.