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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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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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“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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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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Company efforts to protect workers in the Gulf from heat stress are failing
As the region swelters in year-round extreme heat, with temperatures sometimes exceeding 50 degrees Celsius at the peak of summer, there is an urgent need for preventative measures to tackle heat stress among workers – as well as the insufficient health and safety workplace protections exacerbated by it.
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Why isn't the EU more engaged in the Binding Treaty negotiations?
With the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive on the table, there are no reasons for the EU not to negotiate a UN Treaty on transnational corporations, argue Giuseppe Cioffo, CIDSE, & Jill McArdle, Friends of the Earth Europe.
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Reflections on the missing 4th draft
Lack of a 4th draft of the Binding Treaty cause for concern for those seeking to end corporate impunity for human rights abuses, say Anesu Dera and Ariella Scher, Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS), Wits University, South Africa
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