Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Legislation

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• Some of these laws only address specific human rights issues or risks, such as modern slavery or the use of conflict minerals.

• mandatory human rights due diligence laws can be distinguished according to their purpose and divided into three categories:

• he third category of laws discussed in this note contain corporate liability provisions.

• In contrast to mandatory due diligence laws presented above, the French law offers a remediation mechanism for affected people in form of a compensation.