Law

Marie von Falkenhausen

Menschenrechtsschutz durch Deliktsrecht

Unternehmerische Pflichten in internationalen Lieferketten

[Protecting Human Rights under Tort Law. Due Diligence Obligations in International Supply Chains.]

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The social and environmental conditions governing many business supply chains throughout the world are so dire that they frequently constitute violations of human rights. In this study, Marie von Falkenhausen examines whether German tort law allows victims to claim damages from German companies whose suppliers abuse human rights. The first step is to establish whether the legislation recognises any duties of care to avert human rights risks in the supply chain. The second prerequisite for liability is that the relevant human rights are covered by the law's scope of protection. The author also explores opportunities for legal development in Germany and the possible impetus from recent UK rulings on the issue.
The social and environmental conditions governing many business supply chains throughout the world are so dire that they frequently constitute violations of human rights. In this study, Marie von Falkenhausen examines whether German tort law allows victims to claim damages from German companies whose suppliers abuse human rights. The first step is to establish whether the legislation recognises any duties of care to avert human rights risks in the supply chain. The second prerequisite for liability is that the relevant human rights are covered by the law's scope of protection. The author also explores opportunities for legal development in Germany and the possible impetus from recent UK rulings on the issue.
Authors/Editors

Marie von Falkenhausen Geboren 1992; Studium der Rechtswissenschaften an der Universität Göttingen, der Université Paris-Est Créteil, der Universität Münster und der Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem (Budapest); 2016 Erstes Staatsexamen; 2018 LL.M. an der UC Berkeley, School of Law; 2019 Promotion (Göttingen); seit 2019 Referendarin am Kammergericht Berlin.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8003-8807

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht (RabelsZ) — 86 (2022), 539–543 (Eva-Maria Kieninger)
In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (ZaöRV) — 81 (2021), 567–572 (Markus Krajewski)
In: Newsletter Menschenrechte — 2021, 206 (Philip Czech)