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The EU CSDDD and the Comparative Analysis of the Status of Human Rights Due Diligence of Global and Major Korean Companies: Based on the CHRB

  • Journal of Human Rights Studies
  • Abbr : JHRS
  • 2025, 8(1), pp.1~38
  • Publisher : Korean Association of Human Rights Studies
  • Research Area : Social Science > Law > Law of Special Parts > Human Rights / International Human Rights Law
  • Received : May 13, 2025
  • Accepted : June 11, 2025
  • Published : June 30, 2025

Kim, Minwoo 1

1고려대학교

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ABSTRACT

As supply chain due diligence laws based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) are spreading throughout European countries, the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) focusing on human rights and environment were adopted in June 2024. Considering that companies are closely interacting in an unprecedentedly complex global supply chains due to rapid economic globalization and hyper-connectivity caused by technological innovation, the due diligence law being introduced for the first time at the EU level is expected to have a wide range of direct and indirect effects on companies around the world. In particular, South Korea, which has an export-oriented industrial structure, needs a systematic response to the regional legislation of corporate due diligence in EU. Accordingly, this study analyzed the status of human rights due diligence of global companies based on the extracted data corresponding to the ‘CHRB Core UNGP Indicators’ among the CHRB assessment results from 2018 to 2023. In addition, we compared this with the assessment results based on the same indicators for 12 major South Korean companies in 2024 to analyze the implementation status and explore the implications and directions for an effective due diligence system based on the results.

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