Administrative Enforcement of Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence Legislation - A flower in the “bouquet of remedies”

Abstract

Mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislation such as the new EU’s Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) have received praise and critique in practice and scholarship. This contribution assesses the regime of administrative enforcement contained in the CSDDD and asks if it meets the standards of effective remedy.

Keywords

• Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
• Enforcement
• European Union
• Human Rights