An overview of the Brazilian NCP and the Brazilian Action Plan for RBC About the authors: Thais Cirne is a Ph.D. Candidate in Civil Procedural Law at NOVA School of Law, a research fellow of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), and a researcher at NOVA Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment […]

State-owned Companies and the OECD National Contact Point: A potential conflict of interest? About the author: Maria Chiara Marullo is an assistant professor of Private International Law, Universitat Jaume I. Coordinator of the network:  REDH-EXATA (redhexata.com). Project (UJI-A2020-04): Acaparamiento de tierras y recursos, ecocidio y pueblos indígenas. Corporations are directly subject to the control of […]

Civil liability for breach of due diligence duties – First thoughts on the comparison between the European Parliament recommendations and the European Commission proposal About the author: Maria Inês de Oliveira is a tenured professor of Civil and Commercial Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, a private legal consultant in Portugal […]

Human Rights Litigation against Multinationals in Practice About the author: Titiksha Mohanty is a DPhil candidate in Law at the University of Oxford and is a Graduate Research Resident at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights.    On 11 November 2021, the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and Leigh Day collaborated to host a round […]

Applying the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) – An analysis of the National Contact Points Caselaw About the author: Domenico Carolei is a lecturer in Public International Law and Public Law at the University of Stirling (UK). He trained as a lawyer in Italy and obtained his PhD from the University […]

A remediation system is only as strong as its weakest link: challenges and opportunities for Argentina's National Contact Point About the author: Florencia S. Wegher Osci is a PhD candidate and a Lecturer in Private International Law at the National University of Litoral. Member of the Advisory Body of Argentina’s OECD National Contact Point and of […]

El Estado de derecho y la reparación judicial en materia de empresas y derechos humanos en Latinoamérica About the author: Miguel Barboza López es abogado peruano y maestro en Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos por la Universidad de Notre Dame (Estados Unidos de América). Actualmente es Coordinador de Proyectos del Programa Estado de Derecho […]

The new European Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence About the authors: Claire Bright is the Director of the Nova Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment at Nova Law School in Lisbon, as well as an Associate Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. She […]

Improving social impact in digital and technology This blog post is based on the interventions of Howard Pyle in the webinar on Corporate Due Diligence and Digital Transformation organised as part of the First Annual Conference of the Nova Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment with the support of PLMJ, the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and […]

Sustentabilidade como vantagem competitiva para as empresas Este blog post é baseado na intervenção de Filipa Pires de Almeida no webinário Empresas e Direitos Humanos em Portugal organizado no âmbito da Primeira Conferência Anual doNova Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment com o apoio da PLMJ, Câmara do Comércio e Indústria Portuguesa, CEDIS, e […]