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Series People over profit – the next steps needed to achieve a meaningful binding treaty on business and human rights
Feminists for a Binding Treaty outline the power imbalances hampering civil society participation in 10 years of negotiations on the legally binding instrument - and what needs to happen next for gender-sensitive treaty.
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Series Proper corporate liability is vital for sustainable development
Luiz Gustavo Lo-Buono, Brazil's former General Coordinator of Human Rights and Business at the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship, on the need for the binding treaty to establish a comprehensive and adequate structure of legal, criminal, civil and administrative liability.
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Post In the EU clean energy race, which interests win out? Rushing to secure access to minerals, or putting human rights first?
From Serbia to Indonesia, accelerating extraction of battery minerals under the EU Critical Raw Materials Act risks facilitating a rollback of environmental and social safeguards, leaving the effectiveness of new corporate accountability legislation in the balance. Caroline Avan (Business & Human Rights Resource Centre), Robin Roels (EU Raw Materials Coalition; Europe Environmental Bureau) and Tommy Pratama (Traction Energy Asia) explain.
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Series Challenges and opportunities for the participation of affected communities in the Treaty process - a perspective from Latin America
Latin American states actively participate in the negotiations for an international legally binding instrument on business and human rights - including Ecuador, which is a key driver of this process, along with Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico and Venezuela. These states have expressed strong views on the scope of the legally binding instrument.
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Series Effective participation of affected communities in the Treaty process – a perspective from Latin America
Latin America has suffered centuries of extractivism, colonialism and racist, patriarchal violence at the hands of governments and corporations of the Global North. This legacy persists today: the region’s subordinate political-economic status allows the exploitation of cultural, social and natural common goods. Transnational businesses operate without restraint, leading to significant degradation of life.
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Post Live from COP29: putting rights at the heart of the climate finance debate
Talking in the corridors and meetings of COP29 with everyone from Mayan Q'eqchi activists and Brazilian workers’ leaders to renewable energy business leaders, the central question for the Summit is: “who pays for the climate crisis and its solutions?”
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Series The EU should build on its strong record and step fully into the Legally Binding Instrument process
Former MEP Heidi Hautala on the critical role for the EU in the binding treaty negotiations in light of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
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Series Why the Business and Human Rights Treaty must prioritise workers’ rights
The ongoing negotiations for a binding treaty on business and human rights offer a critical opportunity to advance global business conduct standards and human rights, including the fundamental right of workers to freedom of association and collective bargaining.
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Series Why the UK Needs a strong Business, Human Rights and Environment Act: Lessons from the EU's advances and shortcomings
The UK can learn from the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive - both its successes and its shortcomings - to adopt a tailored Business, Human Rights and Environment Act that builds on an existing British model to create a comprehensive and effective framework to address corporate abuse.
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