Gli obblighi di diligenza delle imprese e i minerali provenienti da zone di conflitto: riflessioni sull’origine e sulla rilevanza del concetto di conflict minerals

• Autores: Marco Pertile
• Localización: Giornale di diritto del lavoro e di relazioni industriali, ISSN 1720-4321, Vol. 43, Nº. 3, 171, 2021, págs. 391-420
• Idioma: italiano
• DOI: 10.3280/GDL2021-171002
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• Resumen
  • italiano

    Il presente contributo esamina la relazione tra i più recenti strumenti giuridici sulla due diligence obbligatoria, adottati o in via di adozione a livello statale e sovranazionale, e i precedenti strumenti sui conflict minerals. L’analisi dimostra che gli strumenti recenti, pur prevedendo per le imprese obblighi di diligenza ad ampio spettro, non regolano in modo specifico le situazioni di conflitto armato. Gli strumenti precedenti sui conflict minerals prevedono invece forme di due diligence asimmetrica che regolano in modo parzialmente difforme le relazioni tra le imprese e i governi, da un lato, e quelle tra le imprese e gli insorti, dall’altro. L’autore ritiene che gli obblighi di due diligence in situazioni di conflitto dovrebbero ispirarsi a parametri ugualmente applicabili a tutte le parti. I nuovi strumenti di due diligence generale dovrebbero (o avrebbero dovuto) disciplinare gli obblighi di diligenza delle imprese in tutti i contesti, attraverso il riferimento alle norme sulla tutela dei diritti umani e al diritto internazionale umanitario.

  • English

    This paper examines the relationship between the most recent legal instruments on mandatory due diligence, adopted or in the process of being adopted at state and supranational level, and earlier instruments on conflict minerals. The analysis shows that the most recent instruments, which provide for wideranging due diligence obligations for companies, do not, however, specifically regulate situations of armed conflict. Instead, the earlier instruments on conflict minerals provide for asymmetrical forms of due diligence that regulate in partially different ways the relationships between companies and governments on the one hand, and those between companies and insurgents on the other hand. The author believes that due diligence obligations in situations of armed conflict should be guided by parameters equally applicable to all parties.

    New general due diligence instruments should govern (or should have governed) the due diligence obligations of companies in all contexts through reference to human rights standards and international humanitarian law.

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