Sustainable European private international law

Description

Stream 2: Business and Human Rights
Moderator: Dr Uglješa Grušić, Associate Professor, Faculty of Laws
University College London
Private international law has the potential to have a significant impact
on the access to justice of victims. While bespoke regimes such as the
European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive seek to
ensure an appropriate pathway to redress, some questions remain
about the role of existing private international law rules in business and
human rights litigation. For instance, there is uncertainty about the
relationship between rules aimed at protecting the environment and
the protection of victims of business-related human rights abuses in
private international law. Further, there is an emerging body of
literature that explores how private international law could contribute
to sustainable development goals, which among other things aim at
promoting sustainable consumption and corporate accountability. This
panel will take a fresh look at the aforementioned private international
law issues relating to transnational business and human rights
litigation.
Discussants:
• Jachin Van Donnick, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Vrije
Universiteit Brussels
• Eduardo Alvarez Armas, Faculty of Law, Universidad Pontificia
Comillas

Period	26 Apr 2024
Event title	Dispute resolution in private international law : Pax Moot half day conference
Event type	Conference
Location	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Degree of Recognition	International