Increasingly, stakeholders wonder to what extent companies could be held liable for not respecting internationally recognised fundamental rights and if Dutch courts provide access to justice. Following a parliamentary debate in March 2009, the minister for Foreign Trade announced a study on this issue... The purpose of this study is to clarify the possibilities within the Netherlands’ legal framework for making Dutch companies liable for violations by their foreign subsidiaries’. This includes an international perspective on legal issues that are considered to be relevant, such as access to the national court in the country of the parent company.