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Instrumentalize this – Human rights implications for civil jurisdiction in business and human rights cases
The recent increase in transnational business and human rights claims in European courts has illustrated the need for removing barriers to remedy, as discussed in Operational Principle 26 of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. One of these barriers is the jurisdictional competence of courts to adjudicate these cases. This presentation will analyze jurisdiction in recent business and human rights litigation, and discuss whether human rights law requires of European States to widen the adjudicatory jurisdiction of their civil courts, in order to improve remedies for victims of business-related human rights violations.