General Assembly of the Union of European Lawyers (UAE), organised by Mr Thuan Dit Dieudonné, Chair of the UAE’s Human Rights Commission, on the theme of ‘Business and Human Rights’

Business and human rights: a major legal issue of our time

On 21 and 22 November, Strasbourg will host the General Assembly of the Union of European Lawyers (U.A.E.), bringing together lawyers, judges and experts from across Europe to discuss the major contemporary challenges facing the rule of law.

On this occasion, Mr Thuan Dit Dieudonné had the honour of speaking at the Council of Europe as part of an international conference on the theme “Business and Human Rights”, alongside representatives of the Council of Europe and Raffaele Sabato, a judge at the European Court of Human Rights.

His presentation focused on the duty of care of businesses under European Union law, a subject that has become central at a time when economic actors are increasingly being called upon to account for the impact of their activities on fundamental rights, the environment and international supply chains.

In a world where compliance is no longer enough, the effective consideration of human rights is becoming a key issue in terms of governance, accountability and legal certainty.