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  • Collective Submission: Draft Treaty on Human Rights and Business

    Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 10:31

    Over the last three months, members of the ESCR-Net Corporate Accountability Working Group (CAWG) engaged in a process of collective critique and analysis of the

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  • Statement: Second Revised Draft Binding Instrument on Corporate Accountability – Corporate Impunity Must End

    Friday, August 28, 2020 - 11:31

    The pursuit of ending corporate impunity continues to progress through the second draft of a legally binding instrument, but a strengthening of collective resolve remains essential to its urgent realization.  Only through meaningful participation of States, civil society and

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  • Advocating for binding treaty on business and human rights

    Wednesday, December 19, 2018 - 14:59

    More than 25 ESCR-Net member organizations gathered at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council this past October 15-19 to support and advocate for a strong treaty on human rights and transnational corporations and other business entities (TNCs-OBEs) at the ...

  • Treaty Alliance calls States to participate actively in upcoming negotiations of the international treaty

    Thursday, May 18, 2017 - 15:02

    The Treaty Alliance, co-founded by ESCR-Net, has recently launched a new statement. The new document calls on States to participate constructively in upcoming negotiations of the international...

  • Member submissions advocate for strong UN Committee guidance on ESCR and business activities

    Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 16:30

    The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN CESCR) is currently developing a General Comment on State obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and...

  • Follow all the developments at the UN Treaty meetings in Geneva

    Sunday, October 23, 2016 - 20:21

    Stay up to date with all the developments taking place between October 24-28, 2016 in Geneva as States once again come together for the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on...

  • ESCR-Net & FIDH launch 10 key Legal proposals for UN Treaty to stop corporate abuse

    Sunday, October 23, 2016 - 19:29

    ESCR-Net and FIDH, who have jointly run the Treaty Initiative for two years, have launched a legal resource document for advocates and diplomats involved in the UN...

  • Members in DRC Issue Priorities for UN Treaty

    Monday, October 3, 2016 - 15:15

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  • Engage in the UN Intergovernmental Working Group in the Process of Creating A Treaty to Address Corporate-Related Human Rights Abuses

    Friday, September 30, 2016 - 11:27

    Jamaa Resource Initiatives calls on you to engage actively and constructively in the activities of the UN Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) that has been established to construct a treaty to address corporate related human rights abuses. This IGWG was formed by...

  • Mainstream human rights into trade agreements and WTO practice – UN expert urges in new report

    Monday, September 26, 2016 - 16:07

    The United Nations Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Alfred de Zayas, today called on States and Parliaments to ensure that all future trade agreements...

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