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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...

The following article reproduces and amplifies findings presented by the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, as reported by UN News. Given the gravity of the findings and their implications for international human rights and humanitarian law, we are...

From toxic pollution and land grabbing to the extraction of critical minerals, corporate activities are driving environmental destruction across borders. This briefing paper argues that the UN Binding Treaty could turn the right to a healthy environment into enforceable obligations—and give affected communities a path to justice