Corvaglia, M.A.;
Li, K.;
(2018)
Extraterritoriality and public procurement regulation in the context of global supply chains’ governance.
Europe and the World: A law review
, 2
(6)
pp. 1-16.
10.14324/111.444.ewlj.2018.06.
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Abstract
With the globalisation of supply chains, the respect for human rights and labour standards in procurement practices has become a crucial priority also in the domestic regulation of public procurement. This paper focuses on two specific characteristics of the use of public procurement regulation for the enforcement of human rights and labour standards: its extraterritorial effects on companies and firms across different jurisdictions and its reliance on private certifications and labels. Both of these new aspects are evident within the new 2014 EU Procurement Directives, which includes a number of far-reaching regulatory features that facilitate the monitoring of the respect for human rights and labour standards of contractors and subcontractors across borders. However, this new dimension of public procurement has the potential to create tension within the framework of multilateral trade governance, specifically, the World Trade Organization (WTO) trade regime.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Extraterritoriality and public procurement regulation in the context of global supply chains’ governance |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.444.ewlj.2018.06 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ewlj.2018.06. |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | c 2018, Maria Anna Corvaglia, Kevin Li. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited |
| Keywords: | Public Procurement; WTO; Private Standards; Business and Human Rights; Global Supply Chain Regulation; Directive 2014/24 EU; Extraterritoriality; Territorial Extension; Jurisdiction in International Law |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10059450 |
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