Since the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights the relationship between human rights due diligence (HRDD) and corporate liability has been a source of legal uncertainty. In order to clarify this relationship, this article compares and contrasts civil liability provisions aiming at implementing HRDD. It explains the legal liability mechanisms in the draft Treaty on Business and Human Rights and in domestic mandatory HRDD legislation and initiatives such as the French Duty of Vigilance Law and the Swiss Responsible Business Initiative. It compares these developments with the emerging case law on parent company and supply chain liability for human rights abuses. It explores the potentially perverse effects that certain civil liability provisions and court decisions might have on companies’ practices. Finally, it makes recommendations for the design of effective liability mechanisms to implement HRDD.

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通过企业民事责任履行人权尽职调查

自联合国商业与人权指导原则通过以来，人权尽职调查 (HRDD) 与公司责任之间的关系一直是法律不确定性的来源。为了弄清这种关系，本文对旨在实施HRDD的民事责任条款进行了比较和对比。它解释了商业与人权条约草案和国内强制性 HRDD 立法和倡议中的法律责任机制，例如法国的警惕义务法和瑞士负责任的商业倡议。它将这些发展与新出现的关于母公司和供应链侵犯人权责任的判例法进行了比较。它探讨了某些民事责任条款和法院判决可能对公司的做法产生的潜在不利影响。最后，