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29 Jun 2017

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Conference of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) of the Council of Europe

Conference of International Non-Governmental Organisations highlights extraterritorial human rights obligations of European companies

The Conference of INGOs recommends that the member states of the Council of Europe:

1. Take every possible measure to ensure that companies whose head offices lie within their jurisdiction and operate in the countries cited above comply with [...] the conventions, declarations and guiding principles of the United Nations, the ILO and the OECD;

2. Adopt the necessary legislative and administrative measures [...] so that the civil and criminal liability of parent companies based in Europe may be incurred for activities and omissions constituting breaches of human rights by their branches in foreign countries, and by sub-contractors, suppliers or other companies with which they have an established relationship;

3. Set up the necessary judicial and extra-judicial mechanisms for the companies concerned to rectify and make good the infringements of human rights for which they are responsible; [...]

5. Require multinational companies [...] to implement the principle of Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) [...]

7. Support the current work relating to the adoption of a United Nations Convention on business and human rights;