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29 Sep 2014

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African Coalition for Corporate Accountability

African Coalition for Corporate Accountability makes strong showing at UN forum on business and human rights

 

“More than 60 ACCA Members Gathered in Addis Ababa for Regional Meetings”, 23 September 2014:...[A]bout 45 civil society organizations of the African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA)...gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...to bring grassroots issues to...[the] United Nations...African Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights...a multi-stakeholder forum intended to promote further implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights...[I]t was hard to miss the strong and articulate participation of ACCA members...[who] rang[ed]...from national-level...to provincial organizations, to grassroots groups....to representatives of affected communities...[and] covered the entire spectrum of...Forum topics, including multi-stakeholder dialogue, extractive industries, investment in land, access to judicial remedy, operational-level grievance mechanisms, an African strategy for the business & human rights agenda, strengthening implementation of the state duty to protect, [etc]...[Following the forum] ACCA members...designed...a governance structure for the coalition... articulated...a vision, mission and strategy...generated options for an action plan; and...elected a Steering Committee to lead...its next phase...