Human rights due diligence is today a key aspect of the international, regional and national debates about corporate accountability for human rights abuse. It is a process by which businesses are expected to assess actual and potential human rights impacts, integrate and act upon the findings, track the responses, and communicate how those impacts are addressed. Yet there is little research as to how effective human rights due diligence is and whether its aim to prevent business activities which have adverse impacts on human rights, has been achieved in state and business practices. HRDD is now at the crossroads as it begins to become part of legislation, which will firmly test its potential to contribute substantively to the prevention of corporate human rights abuses. Drawing on developments in law and empirical research, this article examines the effectiveness of human rights due diligence as a means to prevent business activities which have adverse impacts on human rights, in relation to the actions of states, business and rightsholders.

今天，人权尽职调查是关于公司侵犯人权责任的国际、区域和国家辩论的一个关键方面。在这个过程中，企业应该评估实际和潜在的人权影响，整合调查结果并采取行动，跟踪回应，并交流如何解决这些影响。然而，关于人权尽职调查的有效性以及其防止对人权产生不利影响的商业活动的目标是否已在国家和商业实践中实现的研究很少。HRDD 现在正处于十字路口，因为它开始成为立法的一部分，这将有力地测试其为防止公司侵犯人权做出实质性贡献的潜力。借鉴法律和实证研究的发展，