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Marx, Axel --- "Public procurement and human rights: current role and potential of voluntary sustainability standards" [2019] ELECD 1139; in Martin-Ortega, Olga; Methven O'Brien, Claire (eds), "Public Procurement and Human Rights" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 132

Book Title: Public Procurement and Human Rights

Editor(s): Martin-Ortega, Olga; Methven O’Brien, Claire

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 8

Section Title: Public procurement and human rights: current role and potential of voluntary sustainability standards

Author(s): Marx, Axel

Number of pages: 18

Abstract/Description:

This chapter engages with the debate on the role of voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) in public procurement. The main argument is that they can play an important role in fostering compliance with human rights in global supply chains, but can only do that for a specific set of (labour) rights. The chapter first discusses how VSS currently feature in public procurement. Next the chapter focuses on how VSS operate and why they are potentially relevant instruments to implement the protection of human rights through supply chains. The third part focuses on the intersection of VSS and human rights in the context of public procurement.