Date:

7 Dec 2023

Content Type:

Report

In their recent brief, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation & Global Policy Forum Europe report on the ninth session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG)

Date:

1 Nov 2023

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Article

In its statement, the Global Campaign reflects on the 9th session of the UN open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (IGWG), focusing on the perspectives of states and CSOs from the Global South.

Date:

24 Oct 2023

Content Type:

Article

The coalition highlights the gendered and differential impact that business operations have on women and gender-diverse individuals.

Date:

23 Oct 2023

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Article

At the 9th session of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...underscored the potential of the LBI to protect the human rights of affected individuals and communities, hold corporations accountable, and provide access to remedies.

Date:

23 Oct 2023

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Article

IndustriALL calls for closer alignment of the current text of the treaty with the third draft, stronger provisions on corporate impunity and the reintroduction of language pertaining to the climate crisis.

Date:

19 Oct 2023

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Article

"A new CIDSE analysis of the draft UN legally binding instrument on business and human rights highlights areas for improvement in human rights, environment and climate change, access to Justice, due diligence, legal liability, and trade and investment policies. CIDSE calls on Member States to address these gaps in the upcoming negotiations."

Date:

19 Oct 2023

Content Type:

Article

The most recent version of the draft removed a provision requiring enhanced human rights due diligence in the context of conflicts, occupations or wars. The authors argue the treaty should ensure corporate accountability in such high-risk environments.

Date:

17 Oct 2023

Content Type:

Article

La Via Campesina highlights the impunity TNCs operate with at the global level, recounts states' participation in the proceedings thus far and describes what to expect at the 9th session.

Date:

24 Oct 2023

Content Type:

Article

The coalition highlights the gendered and differential impact that business operations have on women and gender-diverse individuals.

Date:

23 Oct 2023

Content Type:

Article

IndustriALL calls for closer alignment of the current text of the treaty with the third draft, stronger provisions on corporate impunity and the reintroduction of language pertaining to the climate crisis.

Date:

19 Oct 2023

Content Type:

Article

The most recent version of the draft removed a provision requiring enhanced human rights due diligence in the context of conflicts, occupations or wars. The authors argue the treaty should ensure corporate accountability in such high-risk environments.

Date:

19 Oct 2023

Content Type:

Article

"A new CIDSE analysis of the draft UN legally binding instrument on business and human rights highlights areas for improvement in human rights, environment and climate change, access to Justice, due diligence, legal liability, and trade and investment policies. CIDSE calls on Member States to address these gaps in the upcoming negotiations."

Date:

19 Oct 2023

Content Type:

Article

Opportunities and risks are present in the latest draft of the UN binding treaty on business and human rights. Compared to its previous versions, the current draft is more streamlined and further aligns with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. However, the draft comes with flaws as to its material scope, remedial measures, access to justice and lack of references to the environment.

Date:

17 Oct 2023

Content Type:

Article

La Via Campesina highlights the impunity TNCs operate with at the global level, recounts states' participation in the proceedings thus far and describes what to expect at the 9th session.

Date:

16 Oct 2023

Content Type:

Report

In the run up to the 9th session of negotiations for a United Nations (UN) binding treaty on business and human rights (LBI), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and 17 of its members have publisheed preliminary comments on the updated draft of LBI.

Date:

6 Oct 2023

Content Type:

Article

Date:

4 Oct 2023

Content Type:

Article

The meeting allowed African states to find common ground on how they would like to see TNCs and other companies regulated.

Date:

11 Sep 2023

Content Type:

Article

Date:

9 Aug 2023

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Article

Due to the significant overlap between the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the international legally binding instrument on business and human rights, it is in the EU's interest to participate actively in the negotiations and adopt a mandate for negotiations on the legally binding instrument. But what should be the content of such a mandate?

Date:

31 Jul 2023

Content Type:

Article