Towards EU Legislation on Human Rights Due Diligence: Case Study of the Garment and Textile Sector

Angelica Dziedzic , Ccline Leliivre , Jonathan Povilonis , Alberto Alemanno (1) , Paige Morrow

1 GREGH - Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes en Gestion à HEC

This study assesses the legal feasibility of a EU instrument that would impose mandatory human rights due diligence (“HRDD”) requirements on companies in the garment and textile sector. The proposal serves as an example of a sector-specific approach to HRDD requirements, and could be modified to develop similar proposals in other sectors. The study also illustrates the differences between a sector-specific and a cross-sectoral approach by highlighting the implications of each in the following areas: legal bases, personal scope, and requirements and enforcement.

Keywords: business and human rights; EU law; corporations; corporate responsibility; human rights due diligence

Domains: Business administration

Angelica Dziedzic, Ccline Leliivre, Jonathan Povilonis, Alberto Alemanno, Paige Morrow. Towards EU Legislation on Human Rights Due Diligence: Case Study of the Garment and Textile Sector. 2017. ⟨hal-01970725⟩