National Human Rights Institutions – Critical but, Overlooked Actors - Leveraging the NHRI mandate to ensure the effective transposition and implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

Abstract

National Human Rights Institutions are a critical but often overlooked actor in the context of the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. As we enter the transposition and implementation phases, National Human Rights Institutions can leverage their unique mandate as human rights experts in their jurisdictions to act collectively and individually to ensure that transposition laws meet human rights standards for an effective implementation.

Keywords

• Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
• Human Rights
• Lieferkettengesetz
• NHRIs
• Human Rights