Source: http://www.bhrinlaw.org/key-developments
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 13:19:04+00:00

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Conflict Minerals Regulation supply chain due diligence, adopted (enters into force 2021).
EU Commission Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth to examine due diligence requirements for corporate boards (2018).
EU Fundamental Rights Agency opinion calls for imposing due diligence obligations, including for parent companies (2017).
European Parliament adopts different reports and resolutions calling for mandatory HRDD (2016, 2017).
Green Card issued by eight national parliaments calling for EU legislative action (2016).
EU Council Conclusions on business and human rights (2016).
Council of Europe Recommendation to Member States to introduce mandatory HRDD where risks are significant, ensure civil liability, and allow passive joinder of parties (2016).
Timber Regulation mandatory due diligence system, adopted (entered into force 2013).
Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade of the Australian Parliament released the results of its inquiry into the establishment of a Modern Slavery Act in Australia entitled "Hidden in Plain Sight: An inquiry into establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia", which recommends reporting on due diligence as a first step and to consider further due diligence meansures in a review in three years time (2017).
Choc v. Hudbay Minerals Inc.: Ontario Superior Court permitted the claims to proceed on the basis that it was not "plain and obvious" that Hudbay did not owe a duty of care to the plaintiff (ongoing).
Araya v. Nevsun Resources: Will be heard by Supreme Court of Canada in January 2019.
Garcia v. Tahoe Resources: British Columbia Court of Appeal allowed case to go trial (2017, ongoing).
Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation: Plaintiffs have sought leave to appeal before Supreme Court of Canada.
The #ykkösketjuun campaign calls for mandatory human rights due diligence legislation.
Vinci case: criminal liability for parent company (ongoing).
Duty of vigilance law enshrines a broad mandatory HRDD regime and general liability principles in case of harm (entered into force 2017).
National Action Plan calls for promoting the duty of vigilance law globally (2017).
Ikebiri Community v. ENI: Court examines parent company’s and subsidiary’s liability (ongoing).
Italian Government’s National Action Plan announces a review of commercial and civil law to assess the introduction of a “duty of care” or due diligence for companies (2016).
Dutch Child Labour Due Diligence Bill (2017, ongoing) proposes issue specific due diligence regime for companies selling in the Dutch market.
Akpan and Other v. Shell (2015, ongoing) decision pending as to whether Dutch parent liability can be held liable for acts and omissions of Nigerian subsidiary.
Arica v. Boliden: Chilean claimants allege that they suffered harm, including adverse health and environmental impacts, as a result of the negligent dumping and mismanagement of toxic waste in Chile by Swedish company Boliden. Ruling handed down March 8, 2018 in favour of the defendants, but the claimants intend to appeal.
Swedish Agency for Public Management report (2018) recommends Government implement Human Rights Due Diligence obligations for Swedish companies.
Responsible Business Initiative (RBI) proposes a general mandatory corporate HRDD scheme and parent company liability (under debate).
Parliamentary initiative for mandatory HRDD gives a counter-proposal to the RBI (2017, under debate).
Government announces that it will consider regulation on companies' respect for human rights if progress is not satisfactory in the coming years (2017).
Law on private and military security companies (PMSC) is a sector-focused mandatory HRDD (entered into force 2015).
Government states that principle of separate legal entities must not be used to circumvent human rights and environmental standards (2014).
Public Prosecutor v. Von Roll: court imposes due diligence duty on company executive (1996).
This map shows legislative measures, judicial proceedings, authoritative guidance, institutional recommendations, reports, and policy statements which aim to embed companies’ responsibility to respect human rights across their global operations into law. The map does not, nor does it intend to, present a comprehensive compilation of all existing developments in this field. Its purpose is to highlight only mandatory measures, relevant judicial proceedings and decisions, and actionable political commitments. In this way, it demonstrates the growing acceptance of mandatory human rights due diligence (HRDD) and judicial solutions to holding parent companies in home states accountable for human rights abuses throughout their operations.

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