Roundtable: Measuring the Effectiveness of Home State Regulatory Models on Corporate Behaviour
Date: 13 December 2024
Time: 10.00 - 15:30 (Registration from 09.30)
Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP
Event Details
Since the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in 2011, various national legislative developments are being aimed at turning the voluntary UNGPs into binding legal obligations for corporate human rights impacts within global supply chains. The leading examples of such laws are those of the UK, Germany, France, Norway, and the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Although these laws are built on the concepts of the UNGPs, they each follow different models in terms of scope, types of duties imposed, and level of enforcement, and they are all enacted by the 'home states' of transnational corporations, namely those countries where the companies at the top end of global supply chains are based. The new laws introduce novel duties for companies regarding their external impacts on human rights in their global value chains. Our project, Human rights in global supply chains: Measuring the effectiveness of home state regulatory models on corporate behaviour - investigates and compares the effect of each of these home state legal models on corporate practice.
The effectiveness of the laws on corporate behaviour can be explored at least three ways - 1) compliance, 2) beyond compliance and 3) outcomes. In this roundtable discussion, we aim to explore the different ways that effectiveness can be defined and measured in terms of indicators that can be used to compare these models.
Also as part of this project, on the previous day (12th December), we will host an academic workshop comparing national human rights supply chain laws.
Provisional Programme
09:30 - 10:00 - Registration
10:00 - 10:15 - Welcome and introductions
10:15 - 11:30 - Effectiveness of the Laws at Achieving Business Compliance with its Minimum Requirements
11:30 - 11:45 - Coffee & tea
11:45 - 13:00 - Effectiveness of the Laws at Changing Business Behaviour Beyond Compliance
13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch
14:00 - 15:15 - Effectiveness of the Laws at Influencing Corporate Change That May Lead to Specific Outcomes for Rightsholders
15:15 - 15:30 - Concluding remarks
Pricing and Registration
The workshop will take place at the BIICL office in London. Online participation can be arranged only if necessary.
Attendance is by invitation-only. If you wish to attend, please contact Jasmine Elliott.