About the project
The abolition of slavery stands out historically as a turning point against forced labour. As Crane et al. writes, this “would seemingly make forced labour a story of effective state governance [in developed countries]. Yet its re-emergence in the contemporary period elucidates a crucial governance gap in the industrialized world, and points to the failure of existing public and private governance initiatives.” The international labour organization (ILO), the Walk Free Foundation, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that 27.6 million people were living under conditions of forced labour. Still, a new wave of regulatory frameworks are being passed domestically and regionally to make companies responsible for both people and planet. This project aims to see the strengths and weaknesses of the CSDDD, CSRD, EU Import Ban as well as the Norwegian Transparency Act.
Objectives
This project aims to shed light on the strengths and weaknesses of human rights due diligence regulation when it comes to labour rights protection.
