What trend towards mandatory human rights due diligence means
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In March, the European Union (EU) took a major step towards passing a new law to stop businesses from abusing human rights and destroying the environment around the world.
While it will not ask the impossible, it will ask companies to take their duty of care seriously and put in place robust processes to avoid harm in line with international conventions.
The EU’s proposed ‘corporate due diligence’ law would help to tackle the widespread abuse of workers and the environment in the supply chains of European companies. This progress in Europe calls for corporate actors here in Uganda to step up, especially if the EU and the Global North are their target market.
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Roopa Madhav and Marlese von Broembsen, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing Informal Workers, Social Audits and Human Rights Due Diligence in Supply Chains , 4 February 2021
.Due diligence responsibility has been guided by voluntary âsoft lawâ but the shift to mandatory due diligence legislation is now underway. If the EU is serious about addressing the violation of supply chain workersâ human rights, legislation will have to ensure that procurement and production practices become gender-sensitive, with freedom of association and collective bargaining forming its backbone. The human and labour rights of all workers in all tiers of supply chains, including homeworkers, must be taken into account and workers need to participate in the design of grievance mechanisms.Â
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Business and human rights will continue to receive significant attention and development in 2021. Take a look at what is on the horizon . . .
COVID-19: Vaccines are being administered in some countries but COVID-19 will continue to feature on the business and human rights agenda of 2021. Businesses will need to continue their due diligence into the human rights of all those impacted by their activities, including workers throughout their supply chains. They will also need to monitor premises; redesign the workplace; protect workers who cannot work remotely; engage with unions on key issues such as sick leave, furloughs, and downsizing.