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10.12.2023

Human Rights in Supply Chains

An Overview of Due Diligence Obligations for Austrian Firms
Based on the United Nations General Assembly's Universal Declaration of Human Rights from 1948, human rights have become an integral part of the behaviour of states and companies. This study provides an overview of the development of the legal framework for the observance of human rights along supply chains and presents the international trade links of Austrian companies in vulnerable sectors with fragile countries.

Building on the status of the implementation of corporate practices to safeguard human rights in Austrian supply chains, measures to strengthen the implementation of due diligence obligations, in particular human rights, along supply chains are briefly discussed.

 

Publications

Study
10.12.2023
Human Rights in Supply Chains
An Overview of Due Diligence Obligations for Austrian Firms
Download (PDF)
Finalization: December 2023
Contractor project: Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs
Study
10.12.2023
Human Rights in Supply Chains
An Overview of Due Diligence Obligations for Austrian Firms
Download (PDF)
Finalization: December 2023
Contractor project: Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs

Please contact

Dr. Birgit Meyer, MSc
Dr. Birgit Meyer, MSc
Industrial, Innovation and International Economics
+43 1 798 26 01 - 469 birgit.meyer@wifo.ac.at
Isabel Pham, MSc
Isabel Pham, MSc
Industrial, Innovation and International Economics
+43 1 798 26 01 - 311 isabel.pham@wifo.ac.at

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