Transboundary Corporate Responsibility: Effective Law or Wishful Thinking?

Time: Wednesday 4 March 2026, at 13.00-18.00

Venue: Juristernas Hus (Lawyers’ House) at Stockholm University

Registration: Through the following link by 26 February 2026:
https://participate-sccl.se/view.php?id=492429

Increasing attention is given to transboundary responsibility of corporations for harm to human health and the environment – not least in North-South contexts. While there is still no overarching international legal framework on corporate responsibility in this regard, international soft law instruments, national jurisprudence and, not least, the 2024 EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive indicate a legal shift towards holding corporations to account in transboundary contexts. But is this effective? If not, what is needed?

The seminar will highlight:

• Allocation of responsibility in corporate groups and value chains;
• Different forms of responsibilities and liabilities of corporations;
• EU law on corporate responsibility in a North-South context;
• Existing civil liability regimes to address transboundary responsibility;
• The lack of an international treaty on corporate responsibility.
  

The seminar will be held in English and is free of charge. All participants are also invited to a reception after the seminar.

Speakers & programme

Much welcome!