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UN Draft Treaty on Transnational Business Enterprises and Human Rights in the Making: Raising the Global Bar in Corporate Litigation

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The future legal value of the Draft Treaty will be that of enforceable regulation, provided of course that it is adopted in its current form. The Draft Treaty is still being negotiated and amended. The Draft Treaty complements soft law in the same area, namely the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

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Álvarez-Armas on potential human-rights-related amendments to the Rome II Regulation (II): The proposed Art. 6a; Art. 7 is dead, long live Article 7?

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A welcome but not unique initiative (Comparison with the UN draft Treaty). And even supposing that such interpretation was correct, as draft Art. This is the second part of his contribution; a first one on the law applicable to strategic lawsuits against public participation can be found here.

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The EU Sustainability Directive and Jurisdiction The Draft for a Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive currently contains no rules on jurisdiction. Sommerfeld ) The Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence The process towards an EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is gaining momentum.

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Shell litigation in the Dutch courts – milestones for private international law and the fight against climate change

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Applicable law is defined based on the Dutch conflict of laws rules on torts, namely art. Also there is a growing body of doctrinal work on human right violations in other countries, corporate social responsibility, due diligence and the intricacies of private international law, as a quick search on the present blog also indicates.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Among the inadequacies found by the court was Ecology’s failure to consider climate change in drafting the permits. The MPF brought a tort case against de Rezende for causing the deforestation of 2,488.56

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April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to prepare a draft recovery plan for the jumping mouse by the end of January 2022, and to finalize the plan by the end of January 2023. Federal Court Directed Department of Interior to Search for Drafts of Zinke Order Rescinding Moratorium on Coal Leasing Program. Continental Resources, Inc.

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