Access to legal remedies for victims of corporate human rights abuses in third countries
European-based multinational corporations can cause or be complicit in human rights abuses in third countries. Victims of corporate human rights abuses frequently face many hurdles when attempting to hold corporations to account in their own country. Against this backdrop, judicial mechanisms have increasingly been relied on to bring legal proceedings in the home States of the corporations. This study attempts to map out all relevant cases (35 in total) filed in Member States of the European Union on the basis of alleged corporate human rights abuses in third countries. It also provides an in-depth analysis of 12 cases and identifies various obstacles (legal, procedural and practical) faced by claimants in accessing legal remedy. On the basis of these findings, it makes a number of recommendations to the EU institutions in order to improve access to legal remedies in the EU for victims of human rights abuses by European based companies in third countries.
Estudio
Autor externo
Dr. Axel Marx, Dr. Claire Bright, Prof. Dr. Jan Wouters, Ms. Nina Pineau, Mr. Brecht Lein, Mr. Torbjörn Schiebe, Ms. Johanna Wagner, Ms. Evelien Wauter
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Palabra clave
- acceso a la justicia
- análisis de la información
- ayuda a las víctimas
- competencia jurisdiccional
- construcción europea
- DERECHO
- derecho a la justicia
- Derecho penal
- derechos humanos
- derechos y libertades
- difusión de la información de la UE
- documentación
- EDUCACIÓN Y COMUNICACIÓN
- empresa europea
- empresa multinacional
- EMPRESA Y COMPETENCIA
- instituciones de la Unión Europea y función pública europea
- justicia
- organización de la justicia
- papel internacional de la UE
- país tercero
- política de cooperación
- política de la UE
- RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES
- tipos de empresa
- UNIÓN EUROPEA