Business and Human Rights: Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Obligations
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Abstract
While multinational companies contribute to the economies of thecountries in which they operate, they can also cause negative effects such asenvironmental pollution, unsafe and unhealthy working conditions,insufficient wages, child labor and forced displacement of indigenous people,and as a result, human rights violations. In this paper, corporate human rightsdue diligence obligations, which serve the purpose of preventing human rightsviolations and environmental damage that may be caused by the commercialactivities of multinational companies, are examined. In this context, nonbinding and voluntary legal texts, especially the United Nations GuidingPrinciples on Business and Human Rights are discussed. Then, thedevelopments within the European Union are explained, and then certainnational regulations are included. In terms of the national regulations,considering the export volumes with Turkey, the corporate human rights duediligence obligations under German, English, French and Dutch laws areexamined. Finally, the effects of these developments especially on companieslocated in Turkey and in this regard the need for a reform under Turkish laware evaluated.