Collective Work

Shaping the treaty on business and human rights: views from Asia and the Pacific

Given the impunity with which corporations in Asia and the Pacific operate, the adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of a Resolution last year to elaborate a binding instrument provides a critical opportunity to advance corporate accountability

Treaty Initiative: First regional consultation in Thailand

FIDH and ESCR-Net will hold the first regional consultation meeting in the framework of their joint Treaty Initiative project in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Cambodian land rights activists released following broad international solidarity

Women human rights defenders and their supporters in Cambodia freed, following a letter sent by ESCR-Net and advocacy by other organizations

Corporate Capture Project sets action plan for 2015-16

The Project Advisory Group of the Corporate Capture Project met in Mexico City

Mexican members strategize on Treaty process to regulate corporate abuses

The ESCR-Net Corporate Accountability Working Group organized a meeting to develop strategies for the new UN process to establish a treaty to regulate corporate violations of human rights

ESCR-Net & FIDH: New Joint Treaty Initiative

New expert legal group to consult around the World and develop content proposal for a Treaty on Human Rights and corporate activities

Guide on extraterritorial obligations

ESCR-Net Corporate Accountability Working Group launches new practitioners’ guide to support the interpretation and application of ETOs in the context of corporate human rights violations

ESCR-Net encouraged by United Nations’ step towards addressing corporate-related human rights violations

The ESCR-Net Corporate Accountability Working Group released a public statement stating the CAWG “broadly welcomes the establishment of an open-ended intergovernmental working group by the UN Human Rights Council.”

ESCR-Net calls for Suspension of POSCO-India Steel Project Amidst Ongoing Human Rights Concerns

Human rights violations connected to the POSCO-India project must be addressed as a matter of priority by India and South Korea during South Korean President Park Geun-Hye’s state visit to India.

100+ groups publicly call on United Nations to develop new binding instrument to address corporate human rights abuses

On the eve of the UN Forum on Business & Human Rights over one hundred civil society organisations and social movements have publicly joined the growing call for States to begin taking steps towards establishing a binding international treaty to deal with corporate human rights abuses.

Mexico and Excellon Resources, Inc: Respect the rights of Ejido La Sierrita

On 30th August, 2012 ESCR-Net sent a letter to Excellon Mexico and the Mexican government expressing concern over the recent dismantling of a peaceful protest camp of the Ejido La Sierrita by military and police personnel. The letter addressed reports of threatened legal...

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