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...