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The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: PIL and Litigation Aspects

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Introduction After extensive negotiations, on 24 April 2024, the European Parliament approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or CS3D) as part of the EU Green Deal. This disclosure must adhere to national procedural laws.

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Conflict of Laws - Untitled Article

Conflict of Laws

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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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 2/2025: Abstracts

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Kulov: The justification and conflict of laws problems of liability of domestic companies by piercing the corporate veil in the light of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (EU) No. Such a court decision can be recognised in Germany under procedural law.

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Giustizia consensuale No 2/2023: Abstracts

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Un’introduzione in chiave comparata ( Mechanisms of consensual justice in Brazilian procedural law.

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CSDD and PIL: Some Remarks on the Directive Proposal

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On 23 February 2022, the European Commission published its proposal of a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD) in respect to human rights and the environment. For those interested, there are many contributions available online, namely in the Oxford Business Law Blog, which dedicates a whole series to it ( here ).

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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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First, Shell stated that the claimants abused procedural law, because the claims against Royal Dutch Shall were ‘obviously bound to fail and for that reason could not serve as a basis for jurisdiction as provided in art. 6a, enabling a choice of law for victims of business-related human rights violations. 7(1) DCCP’ (at [3.1]

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The Fourth Private International Law Conference for Young Scholars in Vienna

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He discussed differences and possible weaknesses in the recognition under the Austrian conflict of laws and procedural law. Dr Tabea Bauermeister (University of Hamburg) devoted her presentation to the conflict of laws dimension of the claim for damages in Art.

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