"Access to Justice remains elusive in the EU", 28 Oct 2014

The Day of Justice is little known as access to justice in Europe seems self-evident. However, when access to remedies is denied in the countries where the harm occurred, communities and workers affected by the activity of European companies overseas are typically unable to find any recourse in Europe...[A] recently published expert report concludes that EU States are generally not fulfilling their obligation to ensure access to effective judicial remedy to victims of business-related abuses of human rights outside their territory...The reason...is clear – the actions of European companies and their effects on people outside of the EU are far removed from the halls of power in Brussels and Strasbourg...The changes necessary to ensure access to justice for those havrmed by EU companies are not particularly complicated but they do require political will...