Miriam Saage-Maaß, Program Director for Business and Human Rights at ECCHR, has developed a study for the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation which investigates the extent to which corporations are legally responsible for working conditions in overseas supplier firms and subsidiaries. The study focuses on compensation claims under civil law which can be pursued before German courts.

Read more … Labour conditions in the global supply chain – how responsible are German corporations?

Together with the Berne Declaration, ECCHR has published a study on the responsibility of Syngenta for cases of intoxication caused by Paraquat, a pesticide produced by the corporation. The author of the study, Robert Grabosch, investigates the extent of Syngenta's responsibility according to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This is the first time the principles have been applied in this way.

Read more … Syngenta's responsibility for pesticide poisoning

30 December 2011 In 2011 ECCHR submitted two Amicus Briefs to the US Supreme Court in conjunction with the Center for Constitutional Rights (USA), other partner organizations and two international experts. The Supreme Court has been called upon by the claimants in the so-called Kiobel case to judge whether the Alien Torts Claims Act (ATCA) can be applied to corporations as legal persons under private law.

Read more … ECCHR supports the victims of corporate injustice before the US Supreme Court

4 April 2011 Together with the organizations Misereor and Brot für die Welt, ECCHR has published a study (only available in German) on corporate liability for human rights abuses which provides concrete recommendations for legislative reform. The study is the product of several months’ research into human rights violations committed by European corporations in Latin America, and conducts an in-depth analysis of the national, international and transnational legal avenues open for the victims.

Read more … ECCHR Study on Corporate Liability Provides Concrete Recommendations for Legislative Reform

27 January 2011 2011 is an important year for the development of international principles advancing human rights across all business sectors and nation States. UN Special Representative John Ruggie recently presented his draft Guiding Principles for the implementation of the "respect, protect, and remedy framework" in the business and human rights context. In its position paper ECCHR has expressed its strong criticism of the current draft.

Read more … ECCHR criticizes the UN draft Guiding Principles on business and human rights and proposes key amendments