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40 Windsor Rev. Legal & Soc. Issues 141 (2019)
Mind the (Liability) Gap: The Relevance of the Duty of Care to Hold Transnational Corporations Accountable

handle is hein.journals/wrlsi40 and id is 145 raw text is: Windsor Review ofLegal and Social Issues MIND THE (LIABILITY) GAP: THE RELEVANCE OF THE DUTY OF CARE TO HOLD TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE Adeline Michoud* I. INTRODUCTION In October 2018, the Canadian Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development presented a report to the House of Commons, calling for the introduction of legislative measures in Canada to eliminate all forms of child labour in the supply chains of Canadian companies.' This proposal tackles the issue raised by several abuses committed by large multinational companies in the course of their subsidiaries' activities abroad. Noting that the voluntary nature of corporate social responsibility initiatives had to that point not led to satisfactory compliance levels with human rights standards, the report called upon parliament to foster legal enforcement to ensure the protection against child labour.2 The report also encouraged the Government of Canada to discuss forced labour and child labour issues in its free trade negotiations and to include an assessment of the progress made to * Adeline Michoud is a PhD Candidate and teaching assistant in international law at the University of Geneva. She dedicates her PhD thesis to the accountability of multinational corporations and conducts an international law and comparative law research on the topic. Adeline Michoud obtained a dual law degree in English Law and French Law at the Universities of King's College London and Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne. After the completion of her LLM studies at the Graduate Institute of international and development studies, she has worked for several international organisations in Geneva. Later, she studied Swiss law in the perspective of the Swiss Bar exam. In parallel to her doctoral studies, Adeline Michoud now works as a trainee lawyer in one of the world's leading international firms. 1 House of Commons, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, Subcommittee on International Human Rights, A Call to Action: Ending the Use ofAll Forms of Child Labour in Supply Chains (October 2018) (Chair: Michael Levitt). 2 Ibid at 23. Vol. 40 141

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