英国将立法强制大企业做人权尽职调查 并禁止强迫劳动产品进入市场
英国政府11月4日公布「负责任商业行为」检讨结果，宣布将立法引入强制性人权尽职调查制度，并禁止以强迫劳动生产的产品进入英国市场。商务大臣 Jonathan Reynolds 在提交议会的书面声明中表示，现行防范强迫劳动的框架碎片化，过度依赖企业自愿行动与报告，令英国落后于七国集团伙伴及其他主要贸易经济体。
按方案，新制度适用于全球营业额超过3.5亿英镑的英国企业，以及在英国营业额超过同一门槛的非英国企业；标准将与经合组织负责任商业行为准则及联合国《工商企业与人权指导原则》接轨。监管机构可对涉嫌将强迫劳动产品投放市场的企业展开调查；在企业未履行尽职调查义务且查实强迫劳动时，可责令撤下相关货物。北爱尔兰地区则按《温莎框架》适用欧盟的强迫劳动法规。
UK to Legislate Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence for Big Business and Ban Forced-Labour Goods
The UK Government on November 4 announced the outcome of its Responsible Business Conduct review, committing to legislate a new mandatory human rights due diligence law and to introduce a prohibition on products made with forced labour. In a written statement to Parliament, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the current framework for preventing forced labour is fragmented and overly reliant on voluntary action and reporting, leaving the UK out of step with G7 partners and other major trading economies.
Under the plans, the regime will cover UK businesses with global turnover above £350 million and non-UK businesses with UK-generated turnover above the same threshold, aligned with the OECD Guidelines for Responsible Business Conduct and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. A regulator will be able to investigate businesses suspected of placing goods made with forced labour on the market and, where due diligence duties have not been met and forced labour is identified, direct their withdrawal. In Northern Ireland, the EU's Forced Labour Regulation will apply under the Windsor Framework.
来源：英国商业、创新、科学与贸易部
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图片来源：图：伦敦威斯敏斯特宫（英国议会大厦）。Colin 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0。 / Photo: The Palace of Westminster in London. Photo by Colin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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