The adoption of the French Duty of Vigilance law has been celebrated as a milestone for advancing the transnational business and human rights regime. The law can contribute to harden corporate accountability by challenging the “separation principle” of transnational companies and by obligating companies to report on their duty of vigilance. However, the question of whether the law actually contributes to human rights and environmental protection along global supply chains requires empirically grounded research that connects processes in home and host state countries. This paper contributes to such a new research agenda by linking political ecology literature and empirical insights from the Global South to research on due diligence regulations. With reference to field research data on contestations between the oil and gas company Total E&P and indigenous communities in Bolivia, I argue that the burden of proof and contestations over valid knowledge represent major obstacles when trying to establish legal liability.

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将法国的警戒义务法置于背景中：对全球南方侵犯人权的企业问责？

法国警戒责任法的通过被誉为推进跨国商业和人权制度的里程碑。该法律可以通过挑战跨国公司的“分离原则”和强制公司报告其警惕义务来加强公司问责制。然而，法律是否真的有助于全球供应链中的人权和环境保护的问题需要以经验为基础的研究，将母国和东道国的流程联系起来。本文通过将全球南方的政治生态学文献和实证见解与尽职调查法规的研究联系起来，为这样一个新的研究议程做出了贡献。参考油气公司道达尔 E&