Reports & Essays on Climate Change Litigation

0583767 - ÚSP 2024 RIV IT eng M - Monography Chapter
Feigerlová, Monika
Contribution of a National Human Rights Body to Uncovering Climate-Related Corporate Responsibility: Extraterritoriality and Human Rights Due Diligence.
Reports & Essays on Climate Change Litigation. Torino: Università degli Studi di Torino, 2024 - (D´Allesandro, E.; Castagno, D.), s. 133-158. ISBN 978-88-7590-294-0
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) LQ300682001
Program: Prémie Lumina quaeruntur
Institutional support: RVO:68378122
Keywords : Business & Human Rights * climate change * extraterritoriality * corporate due diligence
OECD category: Law
https://www.collane.unito.it/oa/items/show/180#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0

The non-judicial inquiry conducted by the Philippine Commission on Human Rights regarding the so-called Carbon Majors (In re Greenpeace Southeast Asia and Others) stands as an early example of the assertion of human rights jurisdiction with respect to foreign companies in the context of climate change. The chapter discusses in detail the issue of corporate responsibility to respect human rights in the context of climate change and the related concept of corporate climate due diligence. Based on the Commission's findings, it analyses the different substantive elements of the climate-related human rights duty, the gaps in domestic legal frameworks, and the directions for future regulatory developments. While the Commission's final report was brief on the issue of extraterritoriality in the context of human rights and business, it offers inspiration for other national human rights institutions in examining corporate responsibility, including those operating outside their territories.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0351762