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As States prepare for the 12th session of negotiations on a UN treaty to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises, the process is entering a critical stage. A new ESCR-Net legal brief sets out three closely connected legal elements to strengthen corporate accountability, close existing gaps...

ESCR-Net has joined 37 other civil society organizations in filing an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in a lawsuit challenging US sanctions imposed under Executive Order 14203 against the International Criminal Court (ICC), the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and three Palestinian human rights organizations.

A proposed amendment to South Africa’s eviction law could weaken protections for people facing eviction, expand the criminalisation of land and housing occupation, and expose those supporting affected communities to criminal penalties.