nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/48bec7e52876f2d2 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250909s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/48bec7e52876f2d2 doi eng 342 23 Pamplona, Danielle Anne Author aut Volkswagen, Oxen, Timber, and Slave Labour in Brazil - The Hidden Truth of the Dictatorship Pamplona, Danielle Anne Verfassungsblog 2025-09-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Last week, a Brazilian Court ordered Volkswagen to pay the historic sum of US$ 30 million for collective moral damages for slave labour in the Amazon during Brazil’s military dictatorship (1964-1985). The judgment contains numerous significant findings that will serve as important references for future cases involving serious corporate human rights violations. In this piece, however, we focus on its reliance on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which not only impose due diligence obligations on Volkswagen but also play a key role in strengthening collective memory. CC BY-SA 4.0 Brasilien Brazil Brazil Courts Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights | Vereinte Nationen UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Volkswagen Volkswagen AG | Wolfsburg business and human rights slave labour (DE-588)4008003-1 gnd Brasilien (DE-588)1136936254 gnd Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights | Vereinte Nationen (DE-588)2111478-x gnd Volkswagen AG | Wolfsburg Rank, Hartmut Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/volkswagen-brazil-slave-labor/ raw object