Corporate accountability.
Human rights. Courts & enforcement.
7 reports · 18 historical accounts · Development dates, newest first
A Paris criminal court convicted Lafarge SA of financing terrorism connected to its Syrian operations and imposed corporate penalties. The company appealed, leaving the first-instance verdict open to review; separate questions about crimes against humanity and civil-party compensation were not resolved by this ruling.
Switzerland’s April 2026 consultation proposed human-rights and environmental diligence duties and two parent-company liability options. The consultation ended on 9 July; the text reported here is the consultation proposal.
Dyson and 24 migrant-worker claimants resolved their English proceedings in February 2026 without an admission of liability. The settlement followed litigation over the appropriate forum; it was not a judgment establishing the alleged factory abuses.
Final Omnibus approval raised the scope thresholds for EU corporate reporting and due diligence, removed the harmonised liability regime and pushed company compliance under CSDDD to 2029.
The European Commission’s first Digital Services Act non-compliance decision fined X €120 million over verification design, advertising repository deficiencies and barriers to eligible researchers’ public-data access. The decision concerns platform governance duties, not the legality of all content or compensation for users.
The Paris Court of Appeal affirmed an injunction requiring La Poste to complete specified elements of its 2021 vigilance plan. The ruling addresses the plan’s content and implementation, including risk mapping and monitoring, rather than awarding damages or imposing automatic liability for subcontractor harm.
The EU adopted Regulation 2024/3015 to prohibit products made with forced labour from being placed on or exported from the Union market. Its administrative investigation and product-removal framework applies generally from 14 December 2027 and does not create a worker compensation claim.
Country developments, cases and document notes, ordered by the date of the underlying record. These accounts were newly written and source-checked in October 2026. The older dates identify the events or documents; they are not claimed publication dates for these articles.