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Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (Friends of the Earth – Philippines)
Binding Treaty needed to ensure accountability for transnational corporations: Mogpog River case study
Toxic pollution case in the Philippines highlights urgent need for effective binding treaty on business and human rights to effectively hold transnational corporations to account for human rights and environmental harms.
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Proposed binding treaty on business and human rights: Taking stock 8 years into negotiations
Ahead of the October 2022 8th session of negotiations on a binding treaty, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre launched a blog series. This summarises reflections from academics, governments and civil society organisations we have received.
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Prof Surya Deva
A business and human rights treaty: Limping to leaping forward
Prof Surya Deva outlines the importance of 3 'P's: principles, provisions and process, in delivering an effective Binding Treaty on business and human rights
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Reflections on the Binding Treaty discussion - South Africa
As African co-sponsors of the Binding Treaty, the South African government provide reflections on its progress and why it remains an essential global tool in the ongoing efforts to hold businesses to account for human rights harms.
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Louise du Plessis, Lawyers for Human Rights
“Nothing about us without us”: Focus on the 8th round of discussions of the UN Binding Treaty
Palesa Maloisane & Jessica Lawrence, from Lawyers for Human Rights, South Africa, outline the significance of putting communities at the centre of the UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights
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Global Campaign
Negotiations over the international treaty on business & human rights: Challenges and perspectives
The latest round of discussions on the Binding Treaty must focus on strengthening international obligations on companies, argue Andressa Oliveira Soares, Manoela Carneiro Roland & Tchenna Fernandes Maso, from Homa – Human Rights and Business Centre, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
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Voluntary measures will not curb corporate impunity, a legally binding instrument is essential
Efforts must go into finalising the binding treaty - the rights of too many people depend on it for it to be derailed, argues Joseph Byomuhangyi, from the Uganda Consortium on Corporate Accountability & Initiative for Social and Economic Rights.
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Six key points from Latin America to consider to advance the binding treaty negotiations
Pax Christi International stresses the central importance of fully inclusive due diligence regulations as the 8th round of discussions on the Binding Treaty kick off.
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Using investment treaties to hold companies accountable: a case study of the Morocco-Nigeria Bilateral Investment Treaty
Okechukwu Ejims from the University of Bedfordshire highlights the progressive elements of the investment treaty agreed between Morocco and Nigeria, and draws out broader lessons for investment and human rights.
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