Public procurement for protecting human rights

Bibliographic Data

ID12353437
AuthorsFiona McGaughey (0000-0001-5992-9939, UWA Law School, University of Western Australia, Australia, corresponding author), Rebecca Faugno (0000-0001-9615-8061, UWA Law School, University of Western Australia, Australia), Elise Bant (0000-0003-2188-0521, UWA Law School, University of Western Australia, Australia), Holly Cullen (0000-0002-2846-1621, UWA Law School, University of Western Australia, Australia)
Year2022
Volume47
Issue2
Pages143-149
Publication date2022-05-22
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAlternative Law Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1037-969X • E-ISSN: 2398-9084
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1037969x221083832
OpenAlexW4281264081
LanguageEN

Public procurement presents opportunities for improved human rights protection, specifically requiring that suppliers of government goods and services respect human rights. We discuss two recent developments: the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (MSA) which applies to businesses and Commonwealth entities and particularly, recent moves by the Western Australian government to introduce a procurement debarment regime as part of the Procurement Act 2020 (WA). Noting that these are positive developments, we nonetheless identify ways to strengthen both the MSA and the debarment regime

Business · Commonwealth · Economics · Economy · Goods and services · Government (linguistics · Government procurement · Human rights · Law and economics · Political science · Procurement · Law · Public Administration · Public Procurement and Policy · Marketing