Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]

Summary

A Bill to place a duty on commercial organisations and public authorities to prevent human rights and environmental harms, including an obligation to conduct and publish human rights and environmental due diligence assessments on their own operations, subsidiaries, and value chains; to make provision for civil liability, penalties, and a criminal offence for failures to comply with the duty; and for connected purposes.

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• Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 17 of 2023–24

  Briefing papers · EN · 29 April 2024

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• Third Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee

  Select Committee report · EN · 15 December 2023

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• Third Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee

  Select Committee report · EN · 15 December 2023

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• HL Bill 17 Explanatory Notes

  Explanatory Notes · EN · 28 November 2023

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• HL Bill 17 (as introduced)

  Bill · EN · 28 November 2023

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• HL Bill 17 (as introduced)

  Bill · EN · 28 November 2023

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