Global corporations vs national states

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Key topics

• Multinational corporations are powerful actors in politics and society (e.g., lobbying and greenwashing)
• National states lack sufficient control to regulate global corporations
• Global corporations operate in a power vacuum
• Judicial intervention is required </aside>

8.1 Introduction & Strategy

• Businesses Have Human Rights Obligations – The Governance Gap, the UNGP, and the Application of Domestic Duty of Care Standards
  • Defending the Dangerline, Chapter 8

8.2 Legal Documents

8.2.1 Appeal

• Oral hearings April 2024
  • Opening Plea - 2nd of April 2024 - Pleading note 2 – Par 2.2
• Power Vacuum, UNGP, SDG, and the Role of Businesses
  • Statement of Defence on Appeal (October 18th, 2022) par. 127 – 133
• Influence of Shell’s Policy, PR, and Lobby on Politics and Society
  • Statement of Defence on Appeal (October 18th, 2022) par. 134 – 138
• Greenwashing with PR, Advertising, and Lobby Activities: How Shell Continues Influencing the Public and Political Decision Makers to Maintain the Fossil Business Model
  • Statement of Defence on Appeal (October 18th, 2022) Chapter 6.3 par. 720 - 760

8.2.2 First Instance

• Governance Gap and the Lack of Effective State Control and Regulation on Multinationals
  • Notes on oral arguments 1 (December 1st, 2020) par. 160 – 171
  • Notes on oral arguments 6 (December 15th, 2020) par. 53 – 67
  • Court Summons (April 5th, 2019) par. 691 – 715
• Governance Gap and Lobbying Activities
  • Notes on oral arguments 1 (December 1st, 2020) par. 83 – 96
  • Notes on oral arguments 7 (December 15th, 2020) par. 27 – 40
• The Coming 10 Years Are Crucial
  • Notes on oral arguments 1 (December 1st, 2020) par. 148 – 183
  • Statement on the record explaining the amendment of claim relief sought part 1A (November 6th, 2020) par. 22 - 30
• Shell Hampers the Energy Transition
  • Court Summons (April 5th, 2019) par. 593 – 602
• More Power on Scope 1, 2 and 3 than States
  • Notes on oral arguments 7 (December 15th, 2020) par. 27 – 40

8.3 The Judgment

• Royal Dutch Shell’s Reduction Obligation
  • Judgment Climate Case Milieudefensie Shell (May 26th, 2021) 4.4.1 – 4.4.2
• The UN Guiding Principles (UNGP)
  • Judgment Climate Case Milieudefensie Shell (May 26th, 2021) 4.4.11 – 4.4.21
• The Responsibility of States and Society
  • Judgment Climate Case Milieudefensie Shell (May 26th, 2021) 4.4.51 – 4.4.52