On the evening of 23 March, France’s Constitutional Council ruled that the provisions for issuing fines, under the law on the due diligence of multinationals companies, are not compliant with the constitution. Other provisions of the law were validated by the body, notably that which allows companies to be deemed responsible for damages that occur abroad at a sub-contractor or a supplier.
With its ruling on 23 March 2017 as regards the law on companies’ due diligence, the Constitutional Council validated the provisions which oblige French companies, with more than 5,000 workers in France or more than 10,000 workers across the globe, to draw up a due diligence plan to prevent risks of human rights violation. The mechanism for formal notice, the right for judges to issue an injunction to a company that does not produce a due diligence plan, and the potential for companies to assum
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