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The EU Commission's proposals to water down due diligence rules will 'rob' victims of the right to hold companies accountable, says Joseph Byomuhangyi (Photo: Kevin Woke)

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Gutting EU due diligence law 'robbed' victims of corporate abuse

The adoption of the corporate sustainability due diligence directive by EU lawmakers last April marked the conclusion of a decade-long battle following the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh when a sweatshop complex collapse...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

The EU Commission's proposals to water down due diligence rules will 'rob' victims of the right to hold companies accountable, says Joseph Byomuhangyi (Photo: Kevin Woke)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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