PRINCIPES DES AMIS DE LA TERRE INTERNATIONAL POUR UNE LÉGISLATION DE L’UE PERMETTANT DE RÉGLEMENTER EFFICACEMENT LES ENTREPRISES SUR L’ENSEMBLE DE LEUR CHAÎNE DE VALEUR MONDIALE

Friends of the Earth International argues that EU legislation on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) must move beyond procedural requirements to establish substantive obligations and strict legal liability. The organization demands that the law cover all company sizes and sectors, include criminal and civil liability for parent companies and their directors, and provide robust access to justice for affected persons, including the reversal of the burden of proof and the creation of legal funds.

• The proposed EU directive on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) is necessary but insufficient on its own to end corporate impunity; it must complement a legally binding United Nations instrument that ensures high levels of protection for victims.
• EU legislation must shift from purely procedural due diligence—which the document describes as a 'tick-box' exercise—to substantive obligations that guarantee results in preventing and repairing harms, including climate consequences and environmental crimes.
• The legislation should establish joint and several liability for parent companies and subcontractors for harms caused by their subsidiaries or controlled entities, ensuring that neither the company nor its decision-makers (such as CEOs) can escape liability by claiming they followed due diligence processes.
• To improve access to justice, the law should allow victims to choose the applicable law, create legal fee funds, enable collective redress (class actions), and reverse the burden of proof, requiring companies to prove they did not fail in their prevention obligations.
• The framework must protect human rights defenders from harassment and criminalization and respect the right to free, prior, and informed consent for indigenous and tribal peoples as per ILO Convention 169.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (n.d.). PRINCIPES DES AMIS DE LA TERRE INTERNATIONAL POUR UNE LÉGISLATION DE L’UE PERMETTANT DE RÉGLEMENTER EFFICACEMENT LES ENTREPRISES SUR L’ENSEMBLE DE LEUR CHAÎNE DE VALEUR MONDIALE. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Principes-pour-une-législation-européenne-visant-à-réglementer-efficacement-les-entreprises-dans-toute-leur-chaîne-de-valeur-mondiale.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. PRINCIPES DES AMIS DE LA TERRE INTERNATIONAL POUR UNE LÉGISLATION DE L’UE PERMETTANT DE RÉGLEMENTER EFFICACEMENT LES ENTREPRISES SUR L’ENSEMBLE DE LEUR CHAÎNE DE VALEUR MONDIALE. n.d. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Principes-pour-une-législation-européenne-visant-à-réglementer-efficacement-les-entreprises-dans-toute-leur-chaîne-de-valeur-mondiale.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{friendsoftheearthinternationalndprincipes, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{PRINCIPES DES AMIS DE LA TERRE INTERNATIONAL POUR UNE LÉGISLATION DE L’UE PERMETTANT DE RÉGLEMENTER EFFICACEMENT LES ENTREPRISES SUR L’ENSEMBLE DE LEUR CHAÎNE DE VALEUR MONDIALE}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Principes-pour-une-législation-européenne-visant-à-réglementer-efficacement-les-entreprises-dans-toute-leur-chaîne-de-valeur-mondiale.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }