AK EUROPA Invitation: Due Diligence Directive – Law without teeth or effective human rights protection?

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Invitation

Due Diligence Directive – Law without teeth or effective human rights protection?

Wednesday, 25th January 2023, 18:30h , Brussels

On behalf of the Brussels offices of the German Trade Union Federation (DGB), the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB) and the Austrian Chamber of Labour (AK EUROPA), we would like to invite you to our joint event "Due Diligence Directive - Law without teeth or effective human rights protection?".

Date	Wednesday, 25th January 2023, 18:30h
Venue	Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU Rue Montoyer 21 , 1000 Brussels

Yes, I will attend the event

For years, workers’ organisations and civil society organisations have been calling for a strong legal framework to make companies responsible for violations against human rights, and therefore also workers’ rights, along their supply chains. The long-awaited Commission proposal was multiple times delayed and finally presented in February 2022. With the general approach of the Council, reached on the 1st December 2022, and the awaited votes in the European Parliament, it is a crucial moment to discuss the potential of this directive.

Panel discussion with:

MEP Evelyn Regner, Vice-President of the European Parliament (S&D)

Isabelle Schömann, Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

Paul de Clerck, Head of the Economic Justice Team at Friends of the Earth Europe (FOEE)

Albert Kruft, Consultant of the Central Works Council & the European Works Council of Solvay

Moderator:

Kerstin Born-Sirkel, Senior Associate at the European Policy Center

The discussion will be held in German and English (with simultaneous interpretation).

We would like to invite you to a reception afterwards.

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The Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour is by law representing the interests of about 3.6 million employees and consumers in Austria. It acts for the interests of its members in fields of social-, educational-, economical-, and consumer issues both on the national and on the EU-level in Brussels. Furthermore the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour is a part of the Austrian social partnership. The Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour is registered at the EU Transperency Register under the number 23869471911-54.