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| | | | | CCLA Lunchtime Seminar - Regulating Global Value Chains: The Promises and Perils of Due Diligence Laws
SYNOPSIS
This talk examines the emerging global trend of Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) laws, which have gained significant recognition among scholars, legislators, and private sector actors as a key regulatory tool. The trend crystallized with the adoption of the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in 2024, currently under review for amendments. Through theoretical and structural analysis, the presentation evaluates HRDD laws using the CSDDD and other national due diligence frameworks as case studies. It identifies critical deficiencies and problematic elements within these legal instruments, questioning their effectiveness as mechanisms for regulating Global Value Chains (GVCs) and strengthening protections for human rights, environmental sustainability, and workers' rights.
SPEAKERS
Professor Hisashi Harata
Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
The University of Tokyo
Hisashi Harata is a Professor at Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo. He teaches Private International Law. His current research focuses on international corporate law and labor law involving Japanese companies and their subsidiaries in Asia. His research also covers different legal aspects of the global society.
He is a member of International Academy of Comparative Law, and the editorial board member of Asian Journal of Comparative law.
He joined Harvard IGLP Scholars Workshop as faculty member from 2017 to 2019, held in Bangkok. He was a visiting scholar at University of Naples, Cornell Law School, NUS, SMU and Thammasat University. He often delivers lectures on Japanese law or other topics at foreign law schools like Michigan Law school, Columbia Law School and University of Florence.
He is very much keen on enhancing legal scholarship in Asia and developing the intellectual network of Asian legal scholars.
CHAIR
DETAILS
Date: 21 August 2025, Thursday
Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm SGT (Registration starts at 11.45am)
Venue: Meeting Room 5-04, Level 5, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University [Bento lunch will be provided]
REGISTRATIONPlease click HERE to register. Registration closes on 7 August 2025, 5pm SGT. Successful registrant will receive a confirmation email by 11 August 2025 from ccla@smu.edu.sg to confirm your registration. | | |
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