dbose.bsky.social
The Robbins Postdoctoral Scholar at @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social. Working on Business and Human Rights, TWAIL and Private Law Theory. #BizHumanRights
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2/2 HRDD laws grant incredible power to companies to select who stakeholders are, how they are engaged with (if at all), when they are engaged with, etc. I cover the Norwegian, French, German laws and EU CS3D (which is the only exception by incorporating actual stakeholder engagement provisions).
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2/2 For years, gig giants used “freedom” rhetoric to deny workers minimum wage, social security, and sick pay. Next: negotiations in 2026 to define the treaty’s scope. The era of global minimum floors for labor rights is near—can labor anti-avoidance rules be conceptualized soon?
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🛑 The fix? Labor anti-avoidance rules (like tax law’s GAAR) to rethink sham self-employment.
A global legal floor for labor rights could:
- Block contractual workarounds that violate human rights
- Treat labor avoidance like tax evasion
Should contractual freedom have human rights limits?
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💡 Human Rights Watch's “Gig Trap” report reveals:
- Most platform workers can’t afford basic needs
- Algorithms enforce opaque working conditions
- Few penalties for companies dodging labor laws
This isn’t innovation—it’s structured exploitation. Report: www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
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4/4 Begum marks a shift from the traditional US and UK interpretation of contracts as purely bilateral and economic instruments. It scrutinizes ordinary business dealings as decisions that affect human rights beyond contractual relationships which seem exclusively bilateral.
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3/4 The chapter focuses on the UK case of Begum v Maran, which introduces a principle of Global Value Chain liability. This case potentially holds a corporation liable for harms in a Bangladeshi shipyard where a ship it sold was demolished. 'Potentially' because the case was settled before trial.
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2/4 The chapter presents a two-pronged argument:
◾Irresponsible contracting is a tortious act
◾The tortious nature of such contracting means that contracting itself is circumscribed by tort law
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OMG congratulations! Now I feel worse having moved away from Tilburg ...
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Of course, @shaunamc.bsky.social has very generously created one!
bsky.app/profile/shau...
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2/2 It ties in with my broader research agenda on TWAIL and corporate responsibility with an emphasis on voice. There is exciting ongoing research and a previous well-received work you can read here (open access!):
doi.org/10.1017/bhj....
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4/4 The series is hosted on Nadia Bernaz's Rights As Usual. Stay tuned for more posts to come early next year on topics such as poverty and #BizHumanRights!
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3/4 The second post is by Carlos Portugal Gouvêa proposing a fourth pillar on civil society in the three-pillar structure of the UN Guiding Principles on #BizHumanRights. He points out that the UNGPs rely on civil society without a place for them in the framework.
rightsasusual.com/2024/12/02/r...
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2/4 The first post in the series is by Jennifer de Lange on how EU financial regulations have been integrating human rights bit by bit without the bells and whistles for people to notice.
rightsasusual.com/2024/12/02/t...
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Can I be added as well, please? Thank you so much!
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Done! Thanks for letting me know. Much appreciated!
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Most welcome!
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Thanks a lot for the suggestions! Most were already there, so added the couple more!
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Thanks!
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Hello! I work on business and human rights. Would it be possible to add me? Thanks a ton!
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Thank you so much!
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Hello! Might it be possible to add me to this? Many thanks for compiling the pack!
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Would you be so kind to add me as well? I do corporate responsibility from a decolonial and private law perspective. Thank you so much!
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Abstracts are due by 5th January 2025
This workshop is co-organised with my wonderful colleagues @lyskulamadayil.bsky.social, Kanad Bagchi, and Tim Lindgren. ✨
#Decoloniality #InternationalLaw #CfP #GlobalSouth #CriticalTheory #HumanRights #LegalHistory #TWAIL
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We are interested in all areas of/or relating to international law and its local tensions, manifestations, and challenges of how futurities are imagined. We want to explore how decoloniality (and decolonial method and approaches) is grounded in, through and by local contexts.
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Thank you!
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🙋🏽♂️
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Hope you are doing well. Great to have you here, and congratulations on the new appointment!
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Special thanks to Dalia Palombo and Gustavo Becker, the co-organisers, for making this possible!
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We welcome submissions from all fields including private law, public international law, corporate law, banking and finance law, etc. and encourage critical approaches like TWAIL, LPE, (Third World) Feminism and the like alongside classical approaches. Let’s hear those unheard voices!
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Congratulations! Lovely dog!