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16 Oct 2018

Author:
ECCJ (Belgium)

UN Treaty on Business & Human Rights "Zero Draft" Negotiations Day 1

On Monday 15 October 2018, the fourth session of the Open-ended intergovernmental working group on [the proposed business and human rights treaty] opened in Geneva. [The first day of the session saw:]

  • Record number of registered participants.
  • EU is present but does not participate in negotiations, some EU member states present but follow the EU’s line, as does Switzerland. 
  • Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights recalls the goal of this process: Stopping corporate abuse.
  • MEP Helmut Scholz calls for urgent acceleration of negotiations based on the EP’s resolution for genuine and constructive engagement of EU. 
  • Civil society voices strong support and need for extending Draft Zero...