On September 14, 2022, the European Commission released the proposal for a Regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market. The initiative was first announced last year by President von der Leyen in her State of the Union speech on September 15, 2021. This Regulation does not target a specific sector or region.
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New EU Regulation imposing sanctions on companies involved in serious human rights violations worldwide
On December 7, 2020, the Council of the European Union adopted Regulation 2020/1998 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses.
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Internal security as such can’t justify the refusal to host asylum-seekers says the ECJ
On April 2, 2020, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled, in the infringement proceedings initiated by the European Commission that, Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic failed to comply with their obligations under Articles 5§2-4-11 of both Council Decision 2015/1523 and Council Decision 2015/1601 by refusing to host asylum-seekers who arrived in Italy and Greece between 2015 and 2017.
Read moreCompanies calling for EU regulation on due diligence on business and human rights !
On December 2, 2019, some of the world’s largest chocolate companies called the European Union (EU) to adopt a regulation placing a due diligence obligation on all companies importing cocoa or cocoa products on the European market.
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