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Abstract
The essay analyses the possible impact that the valorisation of the binomial labour rights as human rights may have on the techniques of substantive and remedial protection of individual and collective labour rights in the context of global supply chains, starting from the recent provisions of Directive (EU) No. 2024/1760 on corporate sustainability due diligence. The potential of the Directive is analysed with particular reference to the prospects for participatory governance of business risk, which seems to shift the focus of human rights protection from remedial action in response to a violation that has already occurred to the prevention of the violation itself. Furthermore, the achievement of this objective is entrusted to the proceduralisation of the obligation of means – namely due diligence – whereby, through a risk-based approach, the company also contributes to determining the scope of exact fulfilment and the technical parameters for assessing its potential civil liability.
Keywords
Labour rights as human rights, CSR practices, Due diligence, Sustainability reporting, Employees’ participation.