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4 Jun 2013

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Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Centre for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA), Citizens for Justice, CIVIDEP India, Conectas Direitos Humanos, DeJusticia, Intl. Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Intl. Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net): Corporate Accountability Working Group, Mining Watch Canada, Rights and Accountability in Development, SOMO, Terra de Direitos

Joint letter on suggestions for the 2013 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

We welcome the commitment of the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises (the ‘Working Group’) to listen to the views and suggestions it receives during their preparations for the second annual Forum on Business and Human Rights...Below we provide specific input on these areas, as well as overarching and other additional considerations.