The German Institute for Human Rights [emphasize] that any binding treaty must emerge both in form and substance from the established international consensus…, and that the treaty would ideally represent a useful further development of the Guiding Principles...

The Institute calls on the German government to press the…EU [in recognising] that the zero drafts builds on and furthers the UNGPs. [Thus], the EU should…constructively engage with the negotiation process...

The EU can also call for increased focus on vulnerable groups and a better gender perspective. At the same time, it should recognize that the main focus of the treaty has to be transnational, since the most serious gaps in protection and accountability involve cross-border elements.