A responsabilidade transnacional na mineração do Sul Global: direitos humanos e devida diligência à luz da diretiva da União Europeia 2024/1760

Carlos Felipe Lopes Marinho Aires; Fabio da Silva Veiga

doi:10.5020/2317-2150.2026.16938

Authors

Carlos Felipe Lopes Marinho Aires University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3154-4548
Fabio da Silva Veiga Lusófona University, Lisbon and Porto, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3117-9501

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5020/2317-2150.2026.16938

Keywords:

due diligence, corporate responsibility, mining

Abstract

The research contrasts the limited outcomes of self-regulation models and soft law instruments with the new due diligence obligations imposed by the European legal framework. The CSDDD institutionalizes a continuous duty of conduct throughout the value chain, imposing compliance criteria regarding human rights and environmental protection on transnational corporations. This text examines how the standing granted to actors from third countries alters the procedural dynamics in European courts and impacts the traditional legal protection of extractive operations. The analysis indicates that the regulation promotes a reinterpretation of legal certainty, balancing the requirements for foreign investment protection with socio-environmental oversight duties.

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Author Biographies

Carlos Felipe Lopes Marinho Aires, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain

PhD candidate in Private Law at the University of Salamanca, Spain, and Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Corporate Law from Universidade Lusófona, University Center of Porto. Licensed attorney with the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB-RJ) and the Portuguese Bar Association (OAP - Porto Regional Council).

Fabio da Silva Veiga, Lusófona University, Lisbon and Porto, Portugal

Professor of Business Law at Lusófona University (Porto and Lisbon), Portugal, teaching undergraduate, master's, and doctoral courses in Law. Holds a PhD in Business Law from the University of Vigo, Spain – where he received the Extraordinary Doctoral Thesis Award. External Professor in the Doctoral Program in Private Law at the University of Salamanca, Spain. President of the Ibero-American Institute of Legal Studies - IBEROJUR.

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